| Secret Lives of the Underground Railroad in New York City: Sydney Howard Gay, Louis Napoleon and the Record of Fugitives Contributor(s): Papson, Don (Author), Calarco, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786466650 ISBN-13: 9780786466658 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - History | United States - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2014048243 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.9" W x 9.9" (1.19 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |