Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad

Authors

Kate Clifford LarsonFollow

ISBN

9781625345929

Publication Date

2021

Price

27.95

Publisher

University of Massachusetts Press

Abstract

Editor Timothy Walker and the chapters’ authors challenge the “20^th century fakelore featuring the use of quilt codes, lawn jockeys and other physical devices as signs and signals.” What their collection shows is “that escape by water, through a vast network of maritime links, was far more common,” as escapees often hid in plain sight, posing as dockworkers, and seamen, on their way to freedom.

DOI

10.31390/cwbr.23.2.04

Recommended Citation

Larson, Kate Clifford (2021) "Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad," Civil War Book Review: Vol. 23 : Iss. 2 .
DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.23.2.04
Available at: https://repository.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol23/iss2/4