The Way They “Catch Men” in Pennsylvania
An illustration from the 1838 Anti-Slavery Almanac.
An Illustration of the Christiana Tragedy
In 1851, free black residents of south central Pennsylvania resisted kidnappers, one of whom was killed – they were tried for treason by a two-judge …
On the Edge of Freedom: The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania
“An engagingly written, meticulously documented study of antislavery ferment just north of the Mason-Dixon line in a region of geographical, economic, cultural, and historical ‘edges’. …
Judicial Cases Concerning American Slavery and the Negro (vol. 4): Pennsylvania
An excerpt from volume 4 of “Judicial Cases Concerning American Slavery and the Negro,” covering Pennsylvania cases.
Colonization and Its Discontents: Emancipation, Emigration, and Antislavery in Antebellum Pennsylvania
“Pennsylvania contained the largest concentration of early America’s abolitionist leaders and organizations, making it a necessary and illustrative stage from which to understand how national …