Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad

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Author: Eric Foner
Tags: United States, Social Science, History, 19th century, Slavery
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         underground railroad site map for, xiv
    Manhattan Anti-Slavery Society (black women’s group), 94
    Manhattan Anti-Slavery Society (Garrisonian organization), 99
    Manokey, Eliza, 192–93
    Mansfield, Lord, 37–38
    Mansion House Hotel, 79
    manumission, 127, 133
         broken promises of, 199, 200
         laws regulating, 40
    Manumission Society, New York, 40–44, 48–50, 54, 56, 58, 64, 69, 74, 78
    maritime underground railroad, see ships, fugitive escapes on
    Martin, Peter, 61–62
    Martinsburg, Va., 207
    Maryland, 21, 28, 87, 116, 123, 126, 127, 128, 136, 140, 146, 204, 228
         decline of slavery in, 122, 133
         as destination for fugitives, 30
         dispute between Pennsylvania and, 108–10
         free blacks in, 16–17
         fugitives originating in, 1–2, 3, 7, 10, 16–19, 25, 69, 70, 71–73, 84, 99, 108, 114–15, 122, 131, 132, 138, 150, 156, 158, 159, 160, 161, 169, 190, 191–92, 194–95, 199, 200–3, 200, 206–10, 213, 221
         secession issue in, 218
         underground railroad operations in, 155, 159, 200
    Maryland State Penitentiary, 88
    Mason, James M., 119–21, 125–26
    Massachusetts, 73, 109, 121, 154
         abolitionist activities in, 13, 18, 96, 106, 111, 177
         charity fairs in, 183
         in colonial period, 92
         as destination for fugitives, 37
         slavery abolished in, 36
    Mather, Increase and Cotton, 92
    Matlack, Lucius C., 181
    Matthews, Peter, 208–9
    May, Samuel J. (Syracuse), 97, 146–47, 181
    May, Samuel, Jr. (Boston), 19
    McCealee, Albert, 206
    McCourt, Ann, 198
    McHenry, Jerry, 146–47, 179
    McKim, James Miller, 23, 26, 102, 103–5, 162, 176, 186, 197, 210, 211, 212, 213, 218, 222, 224
         after Civil War, 226
    McNamee, Theodore, 129–30
    McPherson, John, 71–72
    Medford, Mass., 95
    Medford, N.J., 151
    Melville, Herman, 147
    Mendenhall, Isaac, 159
    Methodists, 88, 103
         manumission encouraged by, 32
    metropolitan corridor, 151–89
         friction between Philadelphia and N.Y. in, 175–76
    metropolitan corridor ( continue d )
         key agents in, 177–78
         major sites of, 157
    Metscher, Henry, 71, 75
    Mexican-American War (1846–1848), 116, 120
    Mexico, as safe haven for fugitives, 16, 25
    Michigan, 137, 145, 212
         personal liberty laws in, 216
    Mickle, Andrew H., 113
    Middle Passage, 104
    Middletown, Del., 202
    Middletown, Md., 161
    Mifflin, Thomas, 38–39
    military:
         black Civil War regiments in, 123
         freedom for slaves through, 33
    Minkins, Shadrach, 148
    Mirror of Liberty , 7, 67–68, 71, 76
    Mississippi, 142, 148
    Mississippi Valley, 223
    Missouri, 122, 192
         fugitives originating in, 16
         secession issue in, 218, 220
    Missouri Compromise (1820), 216
    Mobile, Ala., 45, 138
         as destination for fugitives, 16
    Moby Dick (schooner), 147
    Montreal, 148, 178
    Moore, Noadiah, 88
    Moore, Sarah, 172–73
    moral reform, vs., 55
    “moral suasion,” militant resistance vs., 75, 124, 145, 146
    Morel, Junius C., 57, 166
    Morgan, Edwin D., 178, 220, 227
    Morgan, Margaret, 108–9
    Mormons, 178
    Morris, Gouverneur, 39–40
    Morris, James, 198, 205
    Morris, Robert H., 79
    Morton, George W., 133–34, 169
    Mott, James, 143
    Mott, Lucretia, 143, 190–91
    Mt. Pleasant, Md., 207
    Mühlenberg, Henry, 35
    Mullin, Joseph, 214
    Munson, Alexander, 210
    Murray, Anna, 1, 3, 18
    Myers, Harriet, 178
    Myers, Stephen, 79–80, 177–79, 182, 212–13, 221
         during and after Civil War, 227
    Myers, William John Jay, 178
    Nalle, Charles, 190
    Napoleon, Louis:
         after Civil War, 230
         death and funeral of, 99
         marriage of, 176, 212, 253
         paucity of information on, 98–99, 230
         as underground railroad agent, 98–99, 107, 112, 128, 139, 140–41, 164, 172–76, 212, 230, 267
    Nash, Daniel D., 52, 70–72
    Nashville, Tenn., 105
    Nat (fugitive), 71–72
    Nation ,
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