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By the Compass or By Any Star: North Carolina's Maritime Underground Railroad

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
Subject(s):
Fugitive slaves; Underground Railroad