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A slave family

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20891
Author
Kalman, Bobbie.
Date of Publication
©2003.
Call Number
973.049 K14
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Responsibility
Bobbie Kalman & Amanda Bishop.
ISBN
0778707466
9780778707462
077870792X
9780778707929
0613529081
9780613529082
Author
Kalman, Bobbie.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Crabtree Pub.,
Date of Publication
©2003.
Physical Description
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 28 cm.
Series
Colonial people
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
Quasheba's family -- Slavery in the colonies -- Slave families -- Marriage and children -- Helping one another -- The lives of slave children -- The education of slaves -- Field hands -- House servants -- Tradespeople -- Culture from Africa -- The cost of freedom.
Summary
Introduces the personal relationships and daily activities that were part of the family life of slaves in colonial America.
Subjects
Slaves - United States - Juvenile literature.
Plantation life - United States - Juvenile literature.
African American families - Juvenile literature.
African Americans - Juvenile literature.
African American families.
African Americans.
Plantation life.
Slaves
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Juvenile literature.
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States.
United States - History - 1600-1775, Colonial period - Juvenile literature.
USHISTORY-SLAVES-JUVLIT.
History.
Juvenile works.
Additional Author
Bishop, Amanda.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.049 K14
Websites
http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=009945191&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
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On the edge of freedom : the fugitive slave issue in south central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870

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Author
Smith, David G.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
2013.
Call Number
326 S645
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Responsibility
David G. Smith.
ISBN
9780823240326 (cloth : alk. paper)
0823240320 (cloth : alk. paper)
Author
Smith, David G.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Fordham University Press,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
xiv, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
The North's Civil War
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: The Fugitive Slave Issue on the Edge of Freedom -- South Central Pennsylvania, Fugitive Slaves, and the Underground Railroad -- Thaddeus Stevens' Dilemma, Colonization, and the Turbulent Years of Early Antislavery in Adams County, 1835-39 -- Antislavery Petitioning in South Central Pennsylvania -- The Fugitive Slave Issue on Trial : The 1840s in South Central Pennsylvania -- Controversy and Christiana : The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1850-51 -- Interlude: Kidnapping, Kansas, and the Rise of Race-Based Partisanship : The decline of the Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1852-57 -- Revival of the Fugitive Slave Issue, 1858-61 -- Contrabands, "White Victories," and the Ultimate Slave Hunt : Recasting the Fugitive Slave Issue in Civil War South Central Pennsylvania -- After the Shooting : South Central Pennsylvania after the Civil War -- Conclusion: The Postwar Ramifications of the Fugitive Slave Issue "On the Edge of Freedom" -- Appendix A: Selected Fugitive Slave Advertisements, 1818-28 -- Appendix B: 1828 South Central Pennsylvania Petition Opposing Slavery in the District of Columbia -- Appendix C: 1847 Gettysburg African American Petition -- Appendix D: 1846 Adams County Petition -- Appendix E: 1861 Franklin County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix F: 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix G: [Second] 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix H: 1861 Doylestown, Bucks County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix I: 1861 Newtown, Bucks County Pro-Personal Liberty Law Petition.
Subjects
Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania
African Americans - Pennsylvania
Antislavery movements - Pennsylvania
Abolitionists - Pennsylvania
Underground Railroad - Pennsylvania.
Borderlands - Pennsylvania
Abolitionists.
African Americans.
Antislavery movements.
Borderlands.
Fugitive slaves.
Fugitive slaves
Race relations.
Underground Railroad.
Pennsylvania - Race relations - History - 19th century.
Pennsylvania.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
326 S645
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Making freedom : the Underground Railroad and the politics of slavery

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20622
Author
Blackett, R. J. M.,
Date of Publication
2013.
Call Number
973.7115 B628
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R.J.M. Blackett.
ISBN
9781469608778
1469608774
Author
Blackett, R. J. M.,
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
xii, 122 pages ; 24 cm.
Series
The Steven and Janice Brose lectures in the Civil War era
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-116) and index.
Contents
Making their way to freedom -- The workings of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law -- Taking leave: fugitive slaves and the politics of slavery -- Conclusion: Counternarratives.
Summary
The 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, which mandated action to aid in the recovery of runaway slaves and denied fugitives legal rights if they were apprehended, quickly became a focal point in the debate over the future of slavery and the nature of the union. In Making Freedom, R. J. M. Blackett uses the experiences of escaped slaves and those who aided them to explore the inner workings of the Underground Railroad and the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law, while shedding light on the political effects of slave escape in southern states, border states, and the North. Blackett highlights the lives of those who escaped, the impact of the fugitive slave cases, and the extent to which slaves planning to escape were aided by free blacks, fellow slaves, and outsiders who went south to entice them to escape. Using these stories of particular individuals, moments, and communities, Blackett shows how slave flight shaped national politics as the South witnessed slavery beginning to collapse and the North experienced a threat to its freedom. [from the publisher]
Subjects
United States.
Fugitive slaves - United States.
Underground Railroad.
Slavery - United States
Fugitive slaves.
Fugitive slaves
Politics and government
Slavery
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7115 B628
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Jane : a flight to freedom, 1860 to 1861 : an historical novel in the Civil War series

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17970
Author
Devine, Donald J.,
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
2007.
Call Number
812 D492
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Responsibility
by Donald J. Devine.
ISBN
9780979612701 (pbk.)
0979612705 (pbk.)
Author
Devine, Donald J.,
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, Mich
Publisher
Cold River Books,
Date of Publication
2007.
Physical Description
iv, 571 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
"This historical novel, set in 1860 and 1861, follows the adventures of a young woman on the Underground Railroad. It explores the attitudes of people in the North and the South during the critical months leading up to the Civil War, and is a tale of the meaning of love and affection. It continues through the riots in Baltimore and the Siege of Washington in April 1861 and the First Battle of Bull Run. " [from Amazon.com]
Subjects
Women slaves - Fiction.
Fugitive slaves - Fiction.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Fiction
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
812 D492
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Blacks who stole themselves : advertisements for runaways in the Pennsylvania gazette, 1728-1790

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5923
Date of Publication
1989.
Call Number
326 S643
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Responsibility
[compiled by] Billy G. Smith and Richard Wojtowicz.
ISBN
0812281454
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press,
Date of Publication
1989.
Physical Description
222 p. : ill., facsims., map ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes indexes.
Bibliography: p. [173]-178.
Summary
Reprints ads for runaway slaves in Pennsylvania. Includes a glossary, a name index that permits runaways and owners to be traced over time, a subject index that identifies specific characteristics of escapees, and a final index that notes the names of fugitives and owners who appeared in all the Gazette ads between 1728 and 1790. [from amazon.com]
Subjects
Fugitive slaves - United States
Slavery - United States
American newspapers - Pennsylvania
Fugitive slaves - United States.
African Americans
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.
Additional Author
Smith, Billy Gordon.
Wojtowicz, Richard.
Additional Title
Pennsylvania gazette.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
326 S643
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Absconders, runaways and other fugitives in the Baltimore City and County [Maryland] jail 1831-1864

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16151
Author
Hynson, Jerry M.
Date of Publication
c2004.
Call Number
975.26 H997
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Responsibility
Jerry M. Hynson.
ISBN
1585499439 (pbk.) :
9781585499434 (pbk.)
Author
Hynson, Jerry M.
Place of Publication
Westminster, MD
Publisher
Willow Bend Books,
Date of Publication
c2004.
Physical Description
ix, 190 p. ; 21 cm.
Summary
Examination of the records of the Baltimore City and County Jail dockets for 1831 through 1864 showing records of prisoners who were identified as runaway slaves in addition to deserting seamen, runaway indentured servants, deserting soldiers, and runaway apprentices.
Subjects
African Americans - Maryland - Baltimore County
African Americans - Maryland - Baltimore
Prisoners - Maryland - Baltimore - Registers.
Prisoners - Maryland - Baltimore County - Registers.
Slaves - Maryland - Baltimore - Registers.
Slaves - Maryland - Baltimore County - Registers.
Baltimore County (Md.) - Genealogy.
Baltimore (Md.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
975.26 H997
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The Christiana Riot and the treason trials of 1851 : an historical sketch

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1911
consideration for the facts as disclosed and from the point of view occupied at the home of the Gorsuches. The family of Dr. F. G. Mitchell, whose wife is a daughter of Dickinson Gorsuch, and who now owns the property thm of her grandfather, Edward Gorsuch,. from wru.ch the slaves fled, have been especially
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Responsibility
by W. U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1911
Physical Description
iii, 1-134 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 8 [supplement]
Notes
Supplement to Lancaster County Historical Journal of October 1911
Subjects
United States.
Trials.
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.
Slavery - Pennsylvania.
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Fugitive slaves - Legal status, laws, etc. - Pennsylvania.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 8 [supplement] (1911), p. 1-134Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15
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Prigg v. Pennsylvania : slavery, the Supreme Court, and the ambivalent constitution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19445
Author
Baker, H. Robert.
Date of Publication
©2012.
Call Number
342.73 B167
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Responsibility
H. Robert Baker.
ISBN
9780700618644 (cloth : alk. paper)
0700618643 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780700618651 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0700618651 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Author
Baker, H. Robert.
Place of Publication
[Lawrence]
Publisher
University Press of Kansas,
Date of Publication
©2012.
Physical Description
xii, 202 pages ; 23 cm.
Series
Landmark law cases & American society
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-196) and index.
Contents
A short history of fugitives in America and an African named James Somerset -- The original meaning of the fugitive slave clause -- The Fugitive Slave Act, kidnapping, and the powers of dual sovereigns -- The rights of slaveholders and those of free Blacks in Pennsylvania's Personal Liberty Law of 1826 -- Black sailors, kidnapped freemen, and a crisis in northern fugitive slave jurisprudence -- Arresting Margaret -- Arresting Edward Prigg -- Before the court -- Deciding Prigg -- After the court.
Summary
Margaret Morgan was born in freedom's shadow. Her parents were slaves of John Ashmore, a prosperous Maryland mill owner who freed many of his slaves in the last years of his life. Ashmore never laid claim to Margaret, who eventually married a free black man and moved to Pennsylvania. Then, John Ashmore's widow sent Edward Prigg to Pennsylvania to claim Margaret as a runaway. Prigg seized Margaret and her children, one of them born in Pennsylvania and forcibly removed them to Maryland in violation of Pennsylvania law. In the ensuing uproar, Prigg was indicted for kidnapping under Pennsylvania's personal liberty law. Maryland, however, blocked his extradition, setting the stage for a remarkable Supreme Court case in 1842.
Subjects
Prigg, Edward - Trials, litigation, etc.
Prigg, Edward.
Pennsylvania - Trials, litigation, etc.
United States. - Supreme Court.
Fugitive slaves - United States.
Fugitive slaves
Trials.
Pennsylvania.
United States.
Prigg v. Pennsylvania, 41 U.S. 539 (1842)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
342.73 B167
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Slavery & the underground railroad in south central Pennsylvania

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Author
Wingert, Cooper H.,
Date of Publication
2016.
Call Number
973.7115 W769
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Alternate Title
Slavery and the underground railroad in south central Pennsylvania
Responsibility
Cooper H. Wingert.
ISBN
9781467119733
1467119733
Author
Wingert, Cooper H.,
Place of Publication
Charleston, SC
Publisher
The History Press,
Date of Publication
2016.
Physical Description
158 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-155) and index.
Contents
Lives on the frontier -- The Quaker colony -- Slavery and the Rise of South Central Pennyslvania -- Revolutionary Times -- Defying abolition -- "The General pressure of the Times" -- "No Doubt She Is Somewhere in Adams County" -- Sons of the Revolution, Fathers of Abolition -- "Come in and Take Thy Breakfast" -- Confederate Invasion -- "God Plead My Cause"
Summary
"Much like the rest of the nation, South Central Pennsyvlania struggled with slavery. The institution lingered locally for more than fifty years, although it was virtually extinct everywhere else within Pennsylvania. Gradually, antislavery views prevailed. The Appalachian Mountains and the Susquehanna River provided natural cover for fleeing slaves, causing an influx of travel along the Underground Railraod. Locals like WIlliam Wright and James McAllister assisted these runaways while publically advocating to abolish slavery." -- page [4] of cover.
Subjects
Underground Railroad - Pennsylvania.
Antislavery movements - Pennsylvania
Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania
Fugitive slaves
Antislavery movements.
Underground Railroad.
Pennsylvania - History - 19th century.
Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7115 W769
Websites
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1608/2015959409-b.html
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1608/2015959409-d.html
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The ground swallowed them up : slavery and the underground railroad in York County, Pa

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Author
Mingus, Scott L.
Date of Publication
2016.
©2016
Call Number
973.7115 M664
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Responsibility
Scott Mingus.
ISBN
9780979291555
0979291550
Author
Mingus, Scott L.
Place of Publication
York, Pa
Publisher
York County History Center,
Date of Publication
2016.
©2016
Physical Description
x, 232 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction / Dr. Leroy T. Hopkins, Jr. -- Foreword / June Burk Lloyd -- Slavery in Pennsylvania and the early abolitionist movement -- The early growth of the Underground Railroad -- Prigg v. Pennsylvania -- An open pathway for fugitives -- From discord toward dissolution -- The bloody road to emancipation -- Afterword / James McClure -- Appendix A : Reported Underground Railroad conductors in York County -- Appendix B : The slaveholder's prayer.
Subjects
Underground Railroad - Pennsylvania.
Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania
African Americans - Pennsylvania
Historic sites - Pennsylvania.
African Americans.
Fugitive slaves.
Historic sites.
Underground Railroad.
York County (Pa.) - History.
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - York County.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7115 M664
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