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Authors: Fergus Bordewich

Bound for Canaan (109 page)

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,

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Xenia News,

 

Yale University

as beneficiary of slave trade

 

Zion Baptist Church

Zip (fugitive)

About the Author

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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Acclaim
for
Bound for Canaan

W
INNER OF THE
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REAT
L
AKES
B
OOKSELLERS
A
SSOCIATION
A
WARD

“Blending historical imagination with a novelist's sense of character, Bordewich…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.”

—Washington 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.”

—Richmond Times-Dispatch

“This is a masterful story—a deeply American story—of the human quest for freedom. This multi-racial movement is still a beacon of hope in our present dark times.”

—Cornel 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.”

—Kirkus 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.”

—James McPherson, author of
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

“A rich, spellbinding, and readable narrative.”

—School 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 system…and shines a bright light on the real inner workings of what was once a powerfully secret and wholly illegal operation.”

—Kate Clifford Larson, Ph.D., author of
Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero

“Utterly compelling.”

—Publishers Weekly
(starred)

“Excellent…. The first truly comprehensive treatment of the underground railroad.”

—Civil War History Magazine

“Bordewich's impressive success with
Bound for Canaan
rests on formidable research, artful organization…and tight, clear, brawny storytelling.”

—American Heritage

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