Secret Lives of the Underground Railroad in New York City - Sydney Howard Gay, Louis Napoleon and the Record of Fugitives (Paperback, Annotated edition)

During the fourteen years Sydney Howard Gay edited the American Anti-Slavery Society's National Anti-Slavery Standard in New York City, he worked with some of the most important Underground agents in the eastern United States, including Thomas Garrett, William Still and James Miller McKim. Gay's closest associate was Louis Napoleon, a free black man who played a major role in the James Kirk and Lemmon cases. For more than two years, Gay kept a record of the fugitives he and Napoleon aided. These never before published records are annotated in this book. Revealing how Gay was drawn into the bitter division between Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison, the work exposes the private opinions that divided abolitionists. It describes the network of black and white men and women who were vital links in the extensive Underground Railroad, conclusively confirming a daily reality.

General

Imprint:	McFarland & Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2015
First published:	November 2014
Authors:	Don Papson • Tom Calarco
Dimensions:	254 x 177 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	312
Edition:	Annotated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7864-6665-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Promotions
LSN:	0-7864-6665-0
Barcode:	9780786466658

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