Aiming for Pensacola : fugitive slaves on the Atlantic and Southern frontiers /

Before the abolition of slavery in the United States, Pensacola, Florida was the site of extensive and enduring interracial resistance to slavery. In times of peace, fugitive slaves running to and from Pensacola encountered free men and women of various races, ethnicities and nationalities, includin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Clavin, Matthew J. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2015]
Subjects:	Fugitive slaves > Florida > Pensacola > History. Fugitive slaves > United States > History. Fugitive slaves > South Atlantic States > History. Antislavery movements > Florida > Pensacola > History. Underground Railroad > Florida > Pensacola. Pensacola (Fla.) > Race relations. Pensacola (Fla.) > Social conditions. Pensacola (Fla.) > History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Colonial period
War of 1812 and Negro Fort
Interracialism and resistance
Running away
Underground Railroad
Civil War
Conclusion.