Free Black Communities
Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad: The Geography of Resistance
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Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad tells the story of the Underground Railroad from the ground up. Drawing on archaeology, oral history and the landscape itself, Dr. Cheryl Janifer LaRoche shows how free Black settlements, churches and waterways in the borderlands of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio formed a network of resistance that helped freedom seekers escape slavery.
The book recovers the places where free Black people lived, worshipped and organized, and shows how the land itself shaped the path to freedom.
About the Book
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University of Illinois Press, 2014
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Available in hardcover, paperback and ebook
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A foundation for Dr. LaRoche's talk "Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad: The Geography of Resistance" (see the Speaking page)