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Sailing to freedom : maritime dimensions of the Underground Railroad /

In 1858, Mary Millburn successfully made her escape from Norfolk, Virginia, to Philadelphia aboard an express steamship. Millburn's maritime route to freedom was far from uncommon. By the mid-nineteenth century, an increasing number of enslaved people had fled northward along the Atlantic seabo...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Walker, Timothy Dale, 1963- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Underground Railroad.
Fugitive slaves > Atlantic Coast (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
African Americans > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > United States > History.
Waterways > Atlantic Coast (U.S.) > History > 19th century.

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