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Description:During the fourteen years Sydney Howard Gay edited the American Anti-Slavery Society's National Anti-Slavery Standard in New York City, he worked with some of the most important Underground agents in the eastern United States, including Thomas Garrett, William Still and James Miller McKim. Gay's closest associate was Louis Napoleon, a free black man who played a major role in the James Kirk and Lemmon cases. For more than two years, Gay kept a record of the fugitives he and Napoleon aided, similar to the journal kept by William Still. Now, these records are published for the first time. Not only are they annotated in this book, but the extensive network that they reveal is delineated. It shows conclusively that a high level of organization had developed in the Underground Railroad in the northeast. The narrative provides information about many of the participants and important cases involving fugitive slaves, as well as detailed biographical information about Gay and Napoleon.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Secret Lives of the Underground Railroad in New York City: Sydney Howard Gay, Louis Napoleon and the Record of Fugitives. To get started finding Secret Lives of the Underground Railroad in New York City: Sydney Howard Gay, Louis Napoleon and the Record of Fugitives, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: During the fourteen years Sydney Howard Gay edited the American Anti-Slavery Society's National Anti-Slavery Standard in New York City, he worked with some of the most important Underground agents in the eastern United States, including Thomas Garrett, William Still and James Miller McKim. Gay's closest associate was Louis Napoleon, a free black man who played a major role in the James Kirk and Lemmon cases. For more than two years, Gay kept a record of the fugitives he and Napoleon aided, similar to the journal kept by William Still. Now, these records are published for the first time. Not only are they annotated in this book, but the extensive network that they reveal is delineated. It shows conclusively that a high level of organization had developed in the Underground Railroad in the northeast. The narrative provides information about many of the participants and important cases involving fugitive slaves, as well as detailed biographical information about Gay and Napoleon.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Secret Lives of the Underground Railroad in New York City: Sydney Howard Gay, Louis Napoleon and the Record of Fugitives. To get started finding Secret Lives of the Underground Railroad in New York City: Sydney Howard Gay, Louis Napoleon and the Record of Fugitives, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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