Author: John Wayne AshmeadPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trials (Treason)
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Opening Speech of John W. Ashmead, United States District Attorney, in the Case of the United States Vs. Caster Hanway, Indicted for Treason, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Author: John Wayne AshmeadPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trials (Treason)
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Opening Speech of John W. Ashmead, United States District Attorney, in the Case of the United States Vs. Castner Hanway, Indicted for Treason
Author: United States. District Attorney (Pennsylvania : Eastern District)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fugitive slaves
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Opening Speech of John W. Ashmead, United States District Attorney, in the Case of the United States Vs. Caster Hanway, Indicted for Treason, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Author: John Wayne AshmeadPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fugitive slaves
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Opening Speech of John W. Ashmead, United States District Attorney, in the Case of the United States Vs. Castner Hanway, Indicted for Treason
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780461618839
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Palace and Hovel, Or Phases of London Life
Author: Daniel Joseph KirwanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
The Freedman's Story
Author: William ParkerPublisher: LM Publishers
ISBN: 2366598041
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The manuscript of the following pages has been handed to me with the request that I would revise it for publication, or weave its facts into a story which should show the fitness of the Southern black for the exercise of the right of suffrage. The narrative is a plain and unpretending account of the life of a man whose own right arm—to use his own expression—won his rights as a freeman. It is written with the utmost simplicity, and has about it the verisimilitude which belongs to truth, and to truth only when told by one who has been a doer of the deeds and an actor in the scenes which he describes. It has the further rare merit of being written by one of the "despised race"; for none but a negro can fully and correctly depict negro life and character. General Thomas—a Southern man, and a friend of the Southern negro—was once in conversation with a gentleman who has attained some reputation as a delineator of the black man, when a long, lean, "poor white man," then a scout in the Union army, approached the latter, and, giving his shoulder a familiar slap, accosted him with,— "How are you, ole feller?" The gentleman turned about, and forgetting, in his joy at meeting an old friend, the presence of this most dignified of our military men, responded to the salutation of the scout in an equally familiar and boisterous manner. General Thomas "smiled wickedly," and quietly remarked,— "You seem to know each other." "Know him!" exclaimed the scout. "Why, Gin'ral, I ha'n't seed him fur fourteen year; but I sh'u'd know him, ef his face war as black as it war one night when we went ter a nigger shindy tergether!" The gentleman colored up to the roots of his hair, and stammered out,— "That was in my boy days, General, when I was sowing my wild oats." "Don't apologize, Sir," answered the General, "don't apologize; for I see that to your youthful habit of going to negro shindies we owe your truthful pictures of negro life." And the General was right. Every man and woman who has essayed to depict the slave character has miserably failed, unless inoculated with the genuine spirit of the negro; and even those who have succeeded best have done only moderately well, because they have not had the negro nature. It is reserved to some black Shakspeare or Dickens to lay open the wonderful humor, pathos, poetry, and power which slumber in the negro's soul, and which now and then flash out like the fire from a thunder-cloud. ...
Crossing the Border
Author: Sharon A. Roger HepburnPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252031830
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
In 1849, the Reverend William King and fifteen of his former slaves founded the Canadian settlement of Buxton on a 9,000-acre block of land in Ontario set aside for sale to blacks. Although initially opposed by some neighbouring whites, their town grew steadily in population and stature with the backing of the Presbyterian Church of Canada and various philanthropics. A developed agricultural community that supported three schools, four churches, a hotel, and a post office, Buxton was home to almost seven hundred residents at its height. The settlement (which still exists today) remained all black until 1860, when its land was opened to purchase by whites. Sharon A. Roger Hepburn's Crossing the Border tells the story of Buxton's settlers, united in their determination to live free from slavery and legal repression. It is the most comprehensive study to address life in a black community in Canada.
The Slave Catchers
Author: Stanley W. CampbellPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469610078
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
In this thoroughly researched documentation of a historically controversial issue, the author considers the background, passage, and constitutionality of the Fugitive Slave Law. The author's relation of public opinion and the executive policy regarding the much disputed law will help the reader reach a decision as to whether the law was actually a success or failure, legally and socially. Originally published in 1970. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
The Liberty Line
Author: Larry GaraPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813108640
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
The underground railroad - with its mysterious signals, secret depots, abolitionist heroes, and slave-hunting villains - has become part of American mythology. But legend has distorted much of the history of this institution, which Larry Gara carefully investigates in this important study. Gara show how pre-Civil War partisan propaganda, postwar reminiscences by fame-hungry abolitionists, and oral tradition helped foster the popular belief that a powerful secret organization spirited floods of slaves away from the South. In contrast to that legend, the slaves themselves had active roles in their own escapes from slave states. They carried out their runs to the North, receiving aid only after they had reached territory where they still faced return under the Fugitive Slave Law. Thus, The Liberty Line places fugitive slaves in their rightful position: the center of their struggle for freedom.
Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania
Author: William J. SwitalaPublisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811716291
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Includes detailed maps of the known routes and railroad sites. Organized in antebellum America to help slaves escape to freedom, the Underground Railroad was cloaked in secrecy and operated at great peril to everyone involved. The system was extremely active in Pennsylvania, with routes in all parts of the state.This book retraces those routes, discusses the large city networks, identifies the houses and sites where escapees found refuge, and records the names of the people who risked their lives to support the operation.