Bibliograph

A fluid frontier, slavery, resistance, and the Underground Railroad in the Detroit River borderland, edited by Karolyn Smardz Frost and Veta Smith Tucker ; with a foreword by David W. Blight

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A fluid frontier, slavery, resistance, and the Underground Railroad in the Detroit River borderland, edited by Karolyn Smardz Frost and Veta Smith Tucker ; with a foreword by David W. Blight

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-272) and index

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contains biographical information

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A fluid frontier

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

939922253

Responsibility statement

edited by Karolyn Smardz Frost and Veta Smith Tucker ; with a foreword by David W. Blight

Series statement

Great Lakes books

Sub title

slavery, resistance, and the Underground Railroad in the Detroit River borderland

Table Of Contents

Uncertain freedom in frontier Detroit / Veta Smith Tucker -- Forging transnational networks for freedom / Karolyn Smarz Frost -- The illusion of safety: attempts to extradite fugitive slaves from Canada / Bryan Prince -- Canadian black settlements in the Detroit River region / Irene Moore Davis -- Worship way stations in Detroit / Barbara Hughes Smith -- Extending the right hand of fellowship: Sandwich Baptist Church, Amherstburg First Baptist, and the Amherstburg Baptist Association / Adrienne Shadd -- The Voice of the Fugitive: a transnational abolitionist organ / Afua Cooper -- A community militant and organized: the Colored Vigilant Committee of Detroit / Roy Finkenbine -- I am going straight to Canada: women underground railroad activists in the Detroit River border zone / Margaret Washington -- Bridging rivers: Caroline Quarlls's remarkable journey / Kimberly Simmons and Larry McClellan -- One more river to cross: the Crosswhites' escapes from slavery / Debian Marty -- The McCoys: charting freedom from both sides of the river / Carol E. Mull -- The useful frontier: John Brown's Detroit River preface to the Harper's Ferry raid / Louis A. Decaro, Jr

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Slavery, resistance, and the Underground Railroad in the Detroit River borderland

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