Record #:

4018

Author(s):

Silcox-Jarrett, Diane

Abstract:

Quakers in the Piedmont originated the first national Underground Railroad in the 1700s. This was a secret network of people and places set up to help slaves escaping to the North. It was not without danger for the Quakers, for anyone caught helping runaways could be punished.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 66 Issue 9, Feb 1999, p38,40,42-43, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fugitive slaves; Underground Railroad; Quakers; Slavery and the church--Society of Friends

Record #:

2054

Author(s):

Cecelski, David

Abstract:

From Colonial days through the Civil War, a number of slaves, aided by slave watermen and sympathetic whites, escaped by the Maritime Underground Railroad, an ocean-going route to freedom along the North Carolina coastline.

Source:

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Nov/Dec 1994, p10-18, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fugitive slaves; Underground Railroad

Record #:

1059

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Freddie Parker, a history student in the Carolina Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, is attempting to uncover information about the days of slavery by analyzing advertisements for runaway slaves.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 10 Issue 2, Apr 1993, p20-21, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Slavery; Fugitive slaves; Parker, Freddie L.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Carolina Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship Program