Abolitionists, Smugglers and Scapegoats: Assistance Networks for Fugitive Slaves in the Texas-Mexico Borderlands, 1836-1861
This article analyses the nature of assistance networks for slave refugees absconding from Texas to the Mexican border between 1836 and 1861. It argues that, by contrast with the more densely organized Underground Railroad that connected the US South to the northern states and Canada, structures of...
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Université de Poitiers
2018-12-01
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| Series: | Cahiers du MIMMOC |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/mimmoc/2731 |