Thomas Garrett, a Quaker from Wilmington, Delaware, had a genial disposition unless provoked to defend his strong anti-slavery beliefs. Unlike most other white abolitionists who viewed slavery in more abstract and constitutional terms, Garrett, like free black abolitionists and the slaves themselves, saw slavery in very personal terms. He believed so strongly in the Underground Railroad and in helping slaves escape that he chafed under the Quaker belief in non-violence when force seemed to be the only way to win freedom for ...
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Thomas Garrett, a Quaker from Wilmington, Delaware, had a genial disposition unless provoked to defend his strong anti-slavery beliefs. Unlike most other white abolitionists who viewed slavery in more abstract and constitutional terms, Garrett, like free black abolitionists and the slaves themselves, saw slavery in very personal terms. He believed so strongly in the Underground Railroad and in helping slaves escape that he chafed under the Quaker belief in non-violence when force seemed to be the only way to win freedom for the slaves he was trying to help. When he died in 1871, Wilmingtons black community saluted him as their Moses.
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Add this copy of Station Master on the Underground Railroad: the Life to cart. $82.00, very good condition, Sold by Turn-The-Page Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Skyway, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1977 by Whimsie Press.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Moylan: Whimsie Press, 1977. Stated first edition. Signed by McGowan on front flyleaf. Light scattered foxing to page edges, else a crisp, tight, clean copy. Full red cloth binding. ix, 181pp. Unclipped jacket has just a bit of soiling; offered now in a new mylar cover. More than 2700 runaway slaves passed through Thomas Garrett's house in Wilmington, Delaware on their way to freedom. Signed. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-8"-9" Tall.
Add this copy of Station Master on the Underground Railroad the Life and to cart. $507.00, very good condition, Sold by Treehorn Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Rosa, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1977 by Whimsie Press.
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Very Good+ in Very Good-dust jacket. 0916178005. This book is in mostly excellent condition and very clean. There is no writing, no highlighting, and no marks inside. The dust jacket has some fading & a little sunning.; SIGNED by the author and inscribed to fellow author and feminist writer Kim Chernin.; 9.0 X 6.1 X 0.9 inches; 181 pages; Signed by Author.
