| Description |
1 online resource (252 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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text file PDF |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Colonial period -- War of 1812 and Negro Fort -- Interracialism and resistance -- Running away -- Underground Railroad -- Civil War -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"Before the abolition of slavery in the United States, Pensacola, Florida, was the site of extensive and enduring interracial resistance to slavery. In times of peace, fugitive slaves running to and from Pensacola encountered free men and women of various races, ethnicities, and nationalities--including farmers, laborers, mechanics, and seamen--who subsisted on the margins of society and had no vested interest in maintaining slavery or white supremacy. In times of war, they confronted soldiers and sailors who tried to demolish the foundation of slavery entirely. As a result, interracial resistance to slavery survived and often thrived in Pensacola in the century before the Civil War, and when the shockwaves of that revolutionary sectional conflict reverberated across the city, they proved vital to the institution's destruction"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Fugitive slaves -- Florida -- Pensacola -- History.
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Fugitive slaves. |
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Florida -- Pensacola. |
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History. |
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Fugitive slaves -- United States -- History.
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United States. |
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Fugitive slaves -- South Atlantic States -- History.
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Antislavery movements -- Florida -- Pensacola -- History.
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Antislavery movements. |
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Underground Railroad -- Florida -- Pensacola.
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Underground Railroad. |
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Pensacola (Fla.) -- Race relations.
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Pensacola (Fla.) -- Social conditions.
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Pensacola (Fla.) -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Clavin, Matthew J. Aiming for Pensacola. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015 (DLC) 2015002553 |
| ISBN |
9780674088238 (electronic book) |
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0674088239 (electronic book) |
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9780674088221 (hardcover) |
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0674088220 (hardcover) |
| Standard No. |
10.4159/9780674088238 |
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