Authors: Fergus Bordewich
Slave's Friend,
slave trade
British rulings against
legislation against
in Louisiana
mortality on ships in
in New Jersey
in Pennsylvania
profitability of
public opinion and
slave auctions in
in Virginia
Smallwood, Thomas
Smith, Francis
Smith, Gerrit: in abolitionist movement,
abolitionist movement's split and
in Civil War
Cooper's debate with
death of
in Jerry rescue
John Brown and
Kansas slavery issue and
land grant plan of
Liberty Party launched by
Pearl
incident and
philanthropy of
Voice of the Fugitive
financed by
Walker trial and
women's rights movement and
Smith, James Lindsey
Smith, John
Smith, Peter
Smith, Samuel
Smith (Rankin attacker)
Society of Friends (Quakers),
see
Quakers South: abolitionist movement in,
cotton industry in
emancipation issue in
free blacks in
Harpers Ferry raid and
Jerry rescue and
Nat Turner uprising in
Parker resistance and
slavery in
slave trade in
underground railroad in
see also specific states and cities
South America
South Carolina: fugitive slave laws in
secession of
slavery in
slave trade in
South Carolina State Gazette,
Spain
Sprigg, Ann
Stafford, Stepney
Stanley, Abel
Stanley, Jesse
Stanton, Borden
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady,
Stanton, Henry B.
“Star Spangled Banner” (Key)
Stearns, George L.
Stephen (Harriet Jacobs's uncle),
Stevens, Aaron
Stevens, Thaddeus
Steward, Mary Ellen
Stewart, Alvan
Stiles, Ezra
Still, Charity
Still, Levin
Still, William
in Civil War
death of
Harpers Ferry raid and
Stone, Lucy
Stormont, David
Stowe, Calvin E.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher,
Stuart, J. E. B.
Subversives
(Harrold)
Sullivan, Mike
Sumner, Charles
Sumter, Fort
Supreme Court, U.S.:
Dred Scott decision of
slave holders in
Syracuse, N. Y.:
Jerry rescue in
John Brown in
underground railroad in,
vigilance committee in
Syracuse Journal,
Â
Tabb (slave holder)
Tamar (fugitive)
Tappan, Arthur
Tappan, Lewis
Ruggles's break with
Walker trial and
Tatem, John
Taylor (slave holder)
telegraph
temperance movement
Tennessee
emancipation in
secession of
Texas: secession of
slavery in
Thompson, Dauphin
Thompson, John
Thompson, William
Thompson (slave holder)
Thoreau, Henry David
tobacco industry
in Canada
and growth of slave trade
Todd, John
Topp, William H.
Torrey, Charles
Truth, Sojourner
Tubman, Harriet
birth of
in Civil War
Concklin and Fairbank compared with,
death of
disguises and ruses of
escape of
family members rescued by
forcefulness of
John Brown dream of
John Brown on
name change of
rescues effected by
seizures of
as symbol
on
Uncle Tom's Cabin
underground railroad and,
Tubman, John
Turner, Nat
Twain, Mark
Two Years Before the Mast
(Dana)
Tyler, John
Â
Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly
(Stowe)
Eliza's story in
model for Eliza in
model for Uncle Tom in
underground railroad: abolitionist movement compared with,
beginnings of
blacks in
in Boston
in Canada
Christiana resistance and
Civil War and
Coffin as “president” of,
conductors on
,
in Delaware
in Detroit
financing of
as first civil rights movement
first operating cell of
Fugitive Slave Law and
“general managers” of
Harpers Ferry raid and
Harriet Tubman as metaphor for
in Illinois
in Indiana
infrastructure of
Jerry rescue and
John Brown in
in Kentucky
localism of
in Maryland
militancy's rise in
newspaper of
in New York state
number of fugitives assisted by
number of participants in
in Ohio
openness of
Parker incident and
in Pennsylvania
in Philadelphia
political disaffection and growth of
railroads and expansion of
Republican Party and
seagoing rescue efforts of
Shadrach rescue of
ships used by
in South
stationmasters on
stations of
terminals of
terminology used in
Tubman and
Uncle Tom's Cabin
and
in Washington, D. C.
women in
Underground Railroad from Slavery to
Freedom, The
(Siebert)
“Underground Railroad Quickstep, The,”
Union Literary Institute
United States of America:
Quaker population of
slave population in
transatlantic slave trade outlawed by
Unthank, Jonathan
Unthank, Pleasant
Utica, N. Y.
abolitionist convention in
Utica Anti-Slavery Society
Â
Van Buren, Martin
Vandenburgh, Origen
Vergennes, Vt.
Vermont
Fugitive Slave Law and
underground railroad in
Vermont Anti-Slavery Society
Vesey, Denmark
Vickers, John
Vickers, Thomas
Victoria, queen of England
Vigilance Committee of New York,
Vincennes Gazette,
Virginia: emancipation in
free blacks in
fugitive slaves in
secession of
slavery in
slave trade in
slave uprisings in
transatlantic slave trade banned in
underground railroad in
Vision
(ship)
Voice of the Fugitive,
Volney, C. F.
voting rights
Â
Walker, David
Walker, Jonathan
as abolitionist icon
branding of
capture of
death of
rescue attempt of
trials of
Ward, Samuel Ringgold
Warren, Colonel
Washington, D. C.: first Freedmen's hospital in
slavery in
slave trade in
underground railroad in
Washington, George
Washington, Lewis W.
Watkins family
Watson, Edward
Way, Henry H.
Way, Jesse
Weaver, Annie
Weaver, Henry
Webster, Daniel
Webster, Delia
Wedgwood, Josiah
Weekly Anglo-African,
Weir, George, Jr.
Weisenburger, Steven
Weld, Theodore Dwight
Westbury, N. Y.
Wheaton, Charles
Whig Party
Whipper, William
White, Benjamin
White, Isaac
Whitfield, George
Whitfield (minister)
Whitney, Eli
Whittier, John Greenleaf
Wilberforce settlement
Wilcox, Lumond
Wilks, Jerry
Williams, Remembrance
Williams, Samuel
Williams (slave hunter)
Willis, Byrd C.
Willis, George
Wilmington, Del.
Wilson, Hiram
Wilson, James
Winmer, Dr. (Peterboro guest)
Wise, Henry A.
Wolf by the Ears, The: Thomas Jefferson and
Slavery
(Miller)
women: in abolitionist movement
treatment of enslaved
in underground railroad
women's rights movement,
Douglass and
Garrison and
Stowe and
Woolman, John
World's Anti-Slavery Convention (1840),
World's Fair of 1851
Wright, Elizur
Wright, Henry
Wright, Oswell
Wright, William
Wyandots
Â
Xenia News,
Â
Yale University
as beneficiary of slave trade
Â
Zion Baptist Church
Zip (fugitive)
FERGUS M. BORDEWICH
has written for the
New York Times,Smithosnian, American Heritage, Atlantic Monthly,
and
Reader's Digest
, and is the author of
Killing the White Man's Indian
and
My Mother's Ghost
.
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“Blending historical imagination with a novelist's sense of character, Bordewichâ¦brings to life a small group of black and white Americans who defied popular opinion and the authority of the federal government to combat what they regarded as a fundamental moral evil.”
âWashington Post
“The author's skill in unearthing long-buried sources of information in an area of history where so little was written down is impressive.”
âRichmond Times-Dispatch
“This is a masterful storyâa deeply American storyâof the human quest for freedom. This multi-racial movement is still a beacon of hope in our present dark times.”
âCornel West, University Professor of Religion, Princeton University, and author of
Race Matters
and
Democracy Matters
“Rich in detail and solid storytelling: sure to awaken interest in the peculiar anti-institution.”
âKirkus Reviews
(starred)
“For thousands of African-American slaves, the Promised Land of Canaan lay north of the Mason-Dixon Line and Ohio River. This fast-paced narrative is the best account we have of the network of back roads and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad to freedom in that Promised Land.”
âJames McPherson, author of
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
“A rich, spellbinding, and readable narrative.”
âSchool Library Journal
(starred)
“It has been over 100 years since a comprehensive work like this has been written on the Underground Railroad. Using the latest scholarship and
long-buried archival materials, Bordewich brings to life the realities of this least understood, yet most remarkable period in American history. Highlighting well-known as well as long-forgotten heroes of the Underground Railroad,
Bound for Canaan
reveals in stunning detail and beautiful prose the inner workings of this clandestine systemâ¦and shines a bright light on the real inner workings of what was once a powerfully secret and wholly illegal operation.”
âKate Clifford Larson, Ph.D., author of
Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero
“Utterly compelling.”
âPublishers Weekly
(starred)
“Excellentâ¦. The first truly comprehensive treatment of the underground railroad.”
âCivil War History Magazine
“Bordewich's impressive success with
Bound for Canaan
rests on formidable research, artful organizationâ¦and tight, clear, brawny storytelling.”
âAmerican Heritage
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