Freedom's Crucible: The Underground Railroad in Lawrence and Douglas County, Kansas 1864-1865

Book

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Freedom's Crucible: The Underground Railroad in Lawrence and Douglas County, Kansas 1864-1865

Entry/Object ID

L9999.11.11

Description

Freedom's Crucible: The Underground Railroad in Lawrence and Douglas County Kansas, 1854-1865: A Reader is the story of the Underground Railroad, a system of receiving, concealing, and forwarding fugitive slaves on their flight from bondage in the American South to freedom in the North and Canada. Its chain of stations were kept by conductors and station-keepers who helped it work. Likewise, the fugitives cooperated by displaying the cunning and stamina necessary to reach the stations where they were assisted in their flight to freedom. The loosely knit network of stations extended from the seaboard states, north of the Mason-Dixon line to the states of the Old Northwest, and from 1854 to 1861 to Kansas Territory. As the narratives in this reader demonstrate, the blacks and whites who were active in the Underground Railroad faced unique difficulties. These included the dramatic struggle between the antislavery North and the proslavery South for possession of Kansas Territory and the armed confrontations and lawlessness that characterized the struggle. 190/Softbound/Illustrations/Maps/Photographs.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Slavery, Discrimination, Segregation

Search Terms

Abolitionists, Underground Railroad activity in Lawrence, Kansas, Border War, John Brown, Civil War, Douglas County, Kansas, Fugitive Slave Law, Railroad Stations, Quakers, St. Joseph, Missouri, Shawnnee Indian Reservation, Political, Military, Underground Railroad in Kansas, Lawrence County, Kansas

Book Details

Author

Sheridan, Richard B., Ed, & Compiler

Place Published

City

Lawrence

State/Province

Kansas

Date Published

1998

Call No.

BlackHistSH

ISBN

0-936352-15-9

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Good