The Underground Railroad in Western Illinois

Owen W. Muelder (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

199 Seiten

2012
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7300-7 (ISBN)

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Fugitives fleeing from slavery in Kentucky, Missouri, and points farther south traversed the entire state of Illinois while moving northward. But they were most likely to receive help from Underground railroad operators if they passed through western Illinois, where a good number of Underground Railroad agents lived.

This book briefly discusses the Underground Railroad throughout the United States and all of Illinois. It addresses at length the activities of Underground Railroad operators, both black and white, in western Illinois. The compelling efforts of these people have been surprisingly neglected; this book examines in detail their significant contributions to this heroic chapter in American history.

Owen W. Muelder is director of the Galesburg Colony Underground Railroad Freedom Center at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. His work has appeared in Illinois Heritage.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

I. The Military Tract

II. Adams County—Free Soil but Not Free

III. Hancock County—Remote Hideouts

IV. McDonough County—Traveling through Tall Grass Prairies

V. Fulton County—Cluster of “Depots”

VI. Peoria County—Danger in the City of Peoria

VII. Knox County—Sanctuary in the College Town

VIII. Stark County—The Minister’s Diary

IX. Bureau County—The Martyr’s Brother

X. The Underground Railroad Moves on Steel

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Zusatzinfo	21 photos, maps, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	363 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-7864-7300-2 / 0786473002
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-7300-7 / 9780786473007
Zustand	Neuware