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Author:

Papson, Don, 1941-

Title:

Secret lives of the Underground Railroad in New York City : Sydney Howard Gay, Louis Napoleon and the Record of Fugitives / Don Papson and Tom Calarco ; foreword by A.J. Williams-Myers.

Publisher:

McFarland & CompanyInc., Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

x, 300 pages ; 26 cm

Subject:

Gay, Sydney Howard,--1814-1888.
Underground Railroad--New York.--New York.
Fugitive slaves--New York--New York--History.
Antislavery movements--New York--New York--History.
Napoleon, Louis,--active 1852-1860.
Abolitionists--New York--New York--Biography.
African Americans--New York--New York--History--19th century.
New York (N.Y.)--History--History--19th century.
New York (N.Y.)--Intellectual life--19th century.
New York (N.Y.)--History--1775-1865--Biography.

Other Authors:

Calarco, Tom, 1947-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references( pages 280-286) and index.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0786466650
9780786466658 (softcover : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2014048243

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

P1AX906 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Ottumwa (Ottumwa)