On the Edge of Freedom
ISBN: 9780823263974
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Fordham University Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters
Subjects: Borderlands; Underground Railroad; Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; African Americans; Fugitive slaves; Fugitive slaves;

Describes the development of antislavery activism in border south central Pennsylvania. Rather than engage in public protest, activists concentrated on protecting fugitive slaves and prosecuting those who sought to recapture them. This approach paid dividends before the Civil War, but did not provide a solid basis for equal opportunity afterwards.

Smith David G. :

DAVID G. SMITH received his Ph.D. in American History from the Pennsylvania State University in 2006. He is a social historian of the Civil War period whose research centers on the intersection of war, societal conflict, and race. He currently works as a consultant to the Department of Defense.


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