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. Myers-Williams
Published
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword by A.J. Williams-Myers -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1-Sydney Howard Gay and the Cause -- 2-Friends of Freedom -- 3-A Slave Hunt in the Shadow of City Hall -- 4-Louis Napoleon's Early Life -- 5-More Fugitives and Challenges -- 6-Stationmasters -- 7-Outrages -- 8-The Case That Made Louis Napoleon Famous -- 9-Alliances and Misalliances -- Annotated Record of Fugitives, 1855- and Later Years -- 10-Introduction to the Record -- 11-Gay's Underground Railroad Networks -- 12-1855 -- 13-1856 -- 14-Addendum to the Record -- 15-And Still They Come -- 16-Civil War Years -- 17-After the Civil War -- Appendices -- I. Fugitives Passing through Philadelphia -- II. Fugitives Sent to Albany -- III. Fugitives Sent to Syracuse -- IV. Fugitives Passing through Harrisburg -- V. Fugitives Sent to Boston and New Bedford -- VI. Fugitives Traveling by Sea -- VII. Key to New York City Underground Railroad Map -- Chapter Notes -- Bibliography -- 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
