I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad Contributor(s): Frost, Karolyn Smardz (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374531250 ISBN-13: 9780374531256 Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2008 Annotation: The Blackburns' improbable journey from bondage to freedom pulsates with the breath-catching urgency of a thriller, yet this remarkable story is true . . . An invaluable testament to resistance, resilience, and a once-denied but unalienable right to life and liberty.--Rene Graham, "The Boston Globe." |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Social Science | Slavery - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (1.45 lbs) 488 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Locality - Toronto, Ontario - Geographic Orientation - Ontario - Locality - Detroit, Michigan - Geographic Orientation - Michigan - Cultural Region - South - Topical - Black History |
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Publisher Description: It was the day before Independence Day, 1833. As his bride, Lucie, was about to be sold down the river, Thornton Blackburn planned a daring--and successful--daylight escape from their Louisville masters. Pursued to Michigan, the couple was captured and sentenced to return to Kentucky in chains. But Detroit's black community rallied to their cause in the Blackburn Riots of 1833, the first racial uprising in the city's history. Thornton and Lucie were spirited across the river to Canada, but their safety proved illusory when Michigan's governor demanded their extradition. Canada's defense of the Blackburns set the tone for all future diplomatic relations with the United States over the thorny issue of the fugitive slave, and confirmed the British colony as the main terminus of the Underground Railroad. The Blackburns settled in Toronto, where they founded the city's first taxi business, but they never forgot the millions who still suffered in slavery. Working with prominent abolitionists, Thornton and Lucie made their home a haven for runaways. When they died in the 1890s with no descendants to pass on their fascinating tale, it was lost to history. Lost, that is, until archaeologists brought the story of Thornton and Lucie Blackburn again to light. |
Contributor Bio(s): Frost, Karolyn Smardz: - Karolyn Smardz Frost is internationally recognized for her work in public archaeology and history. A native of Toronto, she now lives in Collingwood, Ontario. |