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The Fugitive's Gibraltar: Escaping Slaves and Abolitionism in New Bedford, Massachusetts

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How did New Bedford come to be seen as a haven for fugitives, and was antislavery truly, as one whaling merchant put it, the ruling sentiment of the town? This book addresses these questions and the author documents fugitive traffic in and around New Bedford and analyzes it on several levels.

Author(s): Kathryn Grover
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Year: 2001

Language: English
Pages: 350
City: Amherst, MA

ILLUSTRATIONS • ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS • xi
INTRODUCTION • 1
CHAPTER ONE | “The True Ring of Freedom” • 13
CHAPTER TWO | Origins • 37
CHAPTER THREE | Fugitives, the Sea, and the Coasting Trade • 67
CHAPTER FOUR | The 1820s: Beginnings of Activism • 94
CHAPTER FIVE | The 1830s: Organizing Antislavery • 118
CHAPTER SIX | The 1840s: Caste and “the Liberal Spirit” • 157
CHAPTER SEVEN | The 1850s: “Very Poor Hunting Ground” • 207
CHAPTER EIGHT | Practical Abolitionism • 261
NOTES • 289
INDEX • 335