The Resource Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad : the Geography of Resistance, Cheryl Janifer LaRoche
Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad : the Geography of Resistance, Cheryl Janifer LaRoche
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- Summary
- "In Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad, Cheryl LaRoche brings the tools of archaeology to the study of the Underground Railroad movement. Unlike previous histories of the Underground Railroad, which have focused on frightened fugitive slaves and their benevolent abolitionist accomplices, this study examines the interactions of those fleeing slavery, the Black communities that helped them, and the terrain where their struggles occurred. LaRoche's approach foregrounds the African Americans who were at the forefront of the movement, or "on the front-line of freedom." Small rural pre-Civil War free Black border communities were conduits for escape. As the first points of entry into the treacherous southern regions of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, Black communities in the southernmost counties bordering the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers were positioned to offer sanctuary to anyone able to escape slavery. LaRoche explores oral family and personal histories, memories, documents, maps, memoirs and archaeological investigations of the historic communities of Rocky Fork and Miller Grove in Illinois, Lick Creek, Indiana, and Poke Patch, Ohio. These untold stories of the Underground Railroad reveal a geography of resistance viewed through local African-American strategies for equal rights and social justice"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xviii, 232 pages
- Contents
-
- Rocky Fork, Illinois: oral tradition as memory
- Miller Grove, Illinois: linking a free black community to the Underground Railroad
- Lick Creek, Indiana: a Quaker connection
- Poke Patch, Ohio: a different route
- The geography of resistance
- Rethinking African American migration
- Family, church, community: pillars of the black Underground Railroad movement
- Faith and fraternity
- Destination freedom
- Appendix: ministers chart
- Isbn
- 9780252038044
- Label
- Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad : the Geography of Resistance
- Title
- Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad
- Title remainder
- the Geography of Resistance
- Statement of responsibility
- Cheryl Janifer LaRoche
- Subject
-
- African Americans
- African Americans -- Antiquities
- African Americans -- Antiquities
- African Americans -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Antislavery movements
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History
- Excavations (Archaeology)
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- United States
- Fugitive slaves
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- History
- HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century
- History
- 1800-1899
- Indiana
- Ohio
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies | African American Studies
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery
- Sources
- Underground Railroad
- Underground Railroad -- Illinois
- Underground Railroad -- Indiana
- Underground Railroad -- Ohio
- United States
- Illinois
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad, Cheryl LaRoche brings the tools of archaeology to the study of the Underground Railroad movement. Unlike previous histories of the Underground Railroad, which have focused on frightened fugitive slaves and their benevolent abolitionist accomplices, this study examines the interactions of those fleeing slavery, the Black communities that helped them, and the terrain where their struggles occurred. LaRoche's approach foregrounds the African Americans who were at the forefront of the movement, or "on the front-line of freedom." Small rural pre-Civil War free Black border communities were conduits for escape. As the first points of entry into the treacherous southern regions of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, Black communities in the southernmost counties bordering the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers were positioned to offer sanctuary to anyone able to escape slavery. LaRoche explores oral family and personal histories, memories, documents, maps, memoirs and archaeological investigations of the historic communities of Rocky Fork and Miller Grove in Illinois, Lick Creek, Indiana, and Poke Patch, Ohio. These untold stories of the Underground Railroad reveal a geography of resistance viewed through local African-American strategies for equal rights and social justice"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- LaRoche, Cheryl Janifer
- Dewey number
- 973.7/115
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- F450
- LC item number
- .L37 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Underground Railroad
- Underground Railroad
- Underground Railroad
- Fugitive slaves
- African Americans
- Antislavery movements
- African Americans
- Excavations (Archaeology)
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- HISTORY
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- African Americans
- African Americans
- Antislavery movements
- Excavations (Archaeology)
- Fugitive slaves
- Underground Railroad
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Ohio
- United States
- Label
- Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad : the Geography of Resistance, Cheryl Janifer LaRoche
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-218) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Rocky Fork, Illinois: oral tradition as memory -- Miller Grove, Illinois: linking a free black community to the Underground Railroad -- Lick Creek, Indiana: a Quaker connection -- Poke Patch, Ohio: a different route -- The geography of resistance -- Rethinking African American migration -- Family, church, community: pillars of the black Underground Railroad movement -- Faith and fraternity -- Destination freedom -- Appendix: ministers chart
- Control code
- ocn843858221
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xviii, 232 pages
- Isbn
- 9780252038044
- Lccn
- 2013024073
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o843858221
- (OCoLC)843858221
- Label
- Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad : the Geography of Resistance, Cheryl Janifer LaRoche
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-218) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Rocky Fork, Illinois: oral tradition as memory -- Miller Grove, Illinois: linking a free black community to the Underground Railroad -- Lick Creek, Indiana: a Quaker connection -- Poke Patch, Ohio: a different route -- The geography of resistance -- Rethinking African American migration -- Family, church, community: pillars of the black Underground Railroad movement -- Faith and fraternity -- Destination freedom -- Appendix: ministers chart
- Control code
- ocn843858221
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xviii, 232 pages
- Isbn
- 9780252038044
- Lccn
- 2013024073
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o843858221
- (OCoLC)843858221
Subject
- African Americans
- African Americans -- Antiquities
- African Americans -- Antiquities
- African Americans -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Antislavery movements
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History
- Excavations (Archaeology)
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- United States
- Fugitive slaves
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- History
- HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century
- History
- 1800-1899
- Indiana
- Ohio
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies | African American Studies
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery
- Sources
- Underground Railroad
- Underground Railroad -- Illinois
- Underground Railroad -- Indiana
- Underground Railroad -- Ohio
- United States
- Illinois
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