Slave Escapes & the Underground Railroad in North Carolina

Quaker safe houses and freed slave communities were a fixture in North Carolina. The Coffin family in Greensboro helped develop safe zones and houses on the Underground Railroad in the 1800s. In the east, networks of freedmen and sympathizers aided slaves, hiding in remote locations such as the Dismal Swamp. In coastal towns like New Bern and Wilmington, slaves were secreted aboard ships in search of freedom along maritime routes. Authors Tim Allen and Steve Miller use harrowing firsthand accounts to investigate how African Americans escaped oppression in a dark chapter of Tarheel State history.
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Slave Escapes & the Underground Railroad in North Carolina

Quaker safe houses and freed slave communities were a fixture in North Carolina. The Coffin family in Greensboro helped develop safe zones and houses on the Underground Railroad in the 1800s. In the east, networks of freedmen and sympathizers aided slaves, hiding in remote locations such as the Dismal Swamp. In coastal towns like New Bern and Wilmington, slaves were secreted aboard ships in search of freedom along maritime routes. Authors Tim Allen and Steve Miller use harrowing firsthand accounts to investigate how African Americans escaped oppression in a dark chapter of Tarheel State history.
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Slave Escapes & the Underground Railroad in North Carolina

Slave Escapes & the Underground Railroad in North Carolina

Slave Escapes & the Underground Railroad in North Carolina

Slave Escapes & the Underground Railroad in North Carolina

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Quaker safe houses and freed slave communities were a fixture in North Carolina. The Coffin family in Greensboro helped develop safe zones and houses on the Underground Railroad in the 1800s. In the east, networks of freedmen and sympathizers aided slaves, hiding in remote locations such as the Dismal Swamp. In coastal towns like New Bern and Wilmington, slaves were secreted aboard ships in search of freedom along maritime routes. Authors Tim Allen and Steve Miller use harrowing firsthand accounts to investigate how African Americans escaped oppression in a dark chapter of Tarheel State history.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781467117852
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 07/25/2016
Series: American Heritage
Pages: 160
Sales rank: 1,068,559
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author


Steve M. Miller is an adjunct history instructor at Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Randolph Community College in Asheboro, North Carolina. He is a native North Carolinian and has resided in Asheboro and Randolph County his entire life.

J. Timothy Allen is a professor of humanities at Strayer University, where he teaches history, religion and humanities. Previously, he taught history and religion in the North Carolina Community College system. He and his wife live on a small horse farm in Snow Camp in Alamance County.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 7

Introduction 11

1 The Underground Railroad: A Confusing Idea 27

2 The Underground Railroad: Background and Definitions 33

3 Runaways and the North Carolina Law 45

4 Who Were the Slaves? 51

5 Quakers and the Underground Railroad 67

6 William Still 89

7 Austin Bearse, William Beard and William Mitchell 101

8 The Heroine of Edenton, Harriet Jacobs 109

9 Runaways During the Civil War 119

Appendix. Where to Go 129

Notes 135

Bibliography 145

Index 151

About the Authors 159

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