Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea

A definitive, sweeping account of the Underground Railroad's long-overlooked maritime origins, from a pre-eminent scholar of Atlantic...
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Author: Marcus Rediker
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Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea by Rediker, Marcus

Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea

$51.12

Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea

$51.12
Author: Marcus Rediker
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
A definitive, sweeping account of the Underground Railroad's long-overlooked maritime origins, from a pre-eminent scholar of Atlantic history and the award-winning author of The Slave Ship

As many as 100,000 enslaved people fled successfully from the horrors of bondage in the antebellum South, finding safe harbor along a network of passageways across North America now known as the Underground Railroad. Yet imagery of fugitives ushered clandestinely from safe house to safe house fails to capture the full breadth of these harrowing journeys: many escapes took place not by land but by sea.

Deeply researched and grippingly told, Freedom Ship offers a groundbreaking new look into the secret world of stowaways and the vessels that carried them to freedom across the North and into Canada. Sprawling through the intricate riverways of the Carolinas to the banks of the Chesapeake Bay to Boston's harbors, these tales illuminate the little-known stories of freedom seekers who turned their sights to the sea--among them the legendary abolitionist Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, one of the Underground Railroad's most famous architects.

Marcus Rediker, one of the leading scholars of maritime history, puts his command of archival research on full display in this luminous portrait of the Atlantic waterfront as a place of conspiracy, mutiny, and liberation. Freedom Ship is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the complete story of one of North America's most significant historical moments.

Author: Marcus Rediker
Publisher: Viking
Published: 05/13/2025
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 9.14h x 6.48w x 1.39d
ISBN: 9780525558347


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 03/21/2025 pg. 12
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2025
Publishers Weekly 05/26/2025

About the Author
Marcus Rediker is the Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh and the award-winning author of The Slave Ship and The Amistad Rebellion. He lives in Pittsburgh.

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