Free Black communities and the Underground Railroad : the geography of resistance / Cheryl Janifer LaRoche.
2014
F450 .L37 2014 (Mapit)
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Free Black communities and the Underground Railroad : the geography of resistance / Cheryl Janifer LaRoche.
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ISBN
9780252079542 paperback alkaline paper
025207954X paperback alkaline paper
9780252038044 hardcover alkaline paper
0252038045 hardcover alkaline paper
025207954X paperback alkaline paper
9780252038044 hardcover alkaline paper
0252038045 hardcover alkaline paper
Published
Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield : University of Illinois Press, [2014]
Language
English
Description
xviii, 232 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Call Number
F450 .L37 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.7/115
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-218) and index.
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Table of Contents
Rocky Fork, Illinois: oral tradition as memory
Miller Grove, Illinois: linking a free black community to the Underground Railroad
Lick Creek, Indiana: a Quaker connection
Poke Patch, Ohio: a different route
The geography of resistance
Rethinking African American migration
Family, church, community: pillars of the black Underground Railroad movement
Faith and fraternity
Destination freedom
Appendix: ministers chart.
Miller Grove, Illinois: linking a free black community to the Underground Railroad
Lick Creek, Indiana: a Quaker connection
Poke Patch, Ohio: a different route
The geography of resistance
Rethinking African American migration
Family, church, community: pillars of the black Underground Railroad movement
Faith and fraternity
Destination freedom
Appendix: ministers chart.