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Slave escapes & the Underground Railroad in North Carolina /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Steve M.
Other Authors: Allen, J. Timothy (James Timothy), 1959-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charleston, S.C. : History Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Fugitive slaves > North Carolina.
Escapes > North Carolina.
Underground Railroad > North Carolina.
Table of Contents:
  • The Underground Railroad : a confusing idea
  • The Underground Railroad : background and definitions
  • Runaways and the North Carolina law
  • Who were the slaves?
  • Quakers and the Underground Railroad
  • William Still
  • Austin Bearse, William Beard and William Mitchell
  • The heroine of Edenton, Harriet Jacobs
  • Runaways during the Civil War
  • Appendix: Where to go.