Slave Escapes & the Underground Railroad in North Carolina (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781467117852)

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.

Author: Steve M. Miller, J. Timothy Allen
ISBN-10: 1467117854
ISBN-13: 9781467117852
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 07/25/2016
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.30d