Record #:

15677

Author(s):

Gerard, Philip

Abstract:

Part four of Gerard's eight-part series on the Civil War is about many of the runaway slaves from the eastern portion of the state who stole away along the rivers and swamps, desperately trying to reach the ocean and the \"nautical Underground Railroad.\" Before the war, slaves fled oppressive lives for a chance of freedom in the north but during the war many runaway slaves took up the Union's fight. Taking advantage of war time chaos, runaway slaves fled to the Atlantic shore and enlisted with either the Union Army or Navy.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 79 Issue 3, Aug 2011, p56-58, 60, 62, 64-65, il

Subject(s):

Underground Railroad; Slaves--North Carolina, Eastern