The compelling and wide-ranging tale that examines the moral
choices made by blacks and whites of New York State to aid the
newly freed slaves to secure the promise of freedom. The North Star
was both an astronomical reference guiding slaves north to freedom,
and a symbol of the moral enterprise that sought to end slavery.
This crusade for freedom in the north was born of the religious
revivals of the 1820s and 1830s in central and western New York -
known as the ""Burned-Over District,"" which lit the fires that
eventually burst into the conflagration of the Civil War. Milton C.
Sernett begins with a history of slavery in upstate New York and
ends with John Brown's execution and burial in the Adirondacks. He
includes great abolitionists - among them Harriet Tubman, Frederick
Douglass, Gerrit Smith, Beriah Green, Jermain Lougen, and Samuel
May - and many lesset-known characters who rescued fugitives from
slave hunters, maintained safe houses along the Underground
Railroad, and otherwise furthered the cause of freedom.
General
Imprint: |
Syracuse University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
New York State History and Culture |
Release date: |
October 2001 |
First published: |
October 2001 |
Authors: |
Milton C. Sernett
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
372 |
Edition: |
1st ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8156-2915-3 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8156-2915-X |
Barcode: |
9780815629153 |
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