In Eric Foner’s novel Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad. The author, Eric Foner is a historian and has won the Pulitzer Prize, given each year some categories include literature and journalism and continues to influence our comprehension of American history. The author expresses that an individual cannot comprehend the origins of the American Civil War without keeping in mind the opposition and activism of wanted slaves and abolitionists. The novel displays the tragic story of wanted slaves and abolitionists who disregarded the law to support African Americans reach for freedom. New York was the biggest unchained African American community causing an attraction of many slaves who want freedom. Due to people
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Covertly held by Sydney Howard Gay, he made an “organized efforts to abolish slavery …made their appearance “he was one of the main planners in New York(Foner, 2015, p. 40). Foner specifies the travel of four fugitives — James Coleman, Henry Hopkins, Ben Jackson and William Connoway. They traveled from Dorchester County to Canada to gain freedom. They had run through states swarming with anti-abolitionists who wanted to get money by capturing slaves. In the end,they escaped and traveled to Canada for a better life. This source is appropriate for this monograph because it helps contribute to the understanding and supports the novel. A historiography that compares to Johnson’s representation is the novel written by Eric Williams, Capitalism and Slavery. The novel follows how slavery was a necessity for industrialization. That the plantations allowed for a lot of money used to support the industrial revolution.Another histography that compares to Johnson’s representation of the social issue that was a result of industrialization in the nineteenth century is the book Slavery and Freedom on the Middle Ground: Maryland During the Nineteenth Century it shows the difficulties the people had to endure in order to abolish slavery. Showing how the boundaries and industrialization affected the bonds they …show more content…
Foner believes the Constitution is not clear because if the slaves who are returned to the south it doesn’t say who should be held accountable. The Fugitive Slave Act troubled the free black people in the North causing many black people to run to Canada free themselves from slavery. This slave law was made to stop the south from breaking away and instead helped influence the civil war. The Compromise of 1850, allowed the Fugitive Slave law to be modified and allowed the slave trade to be put to an end in Washington D.C. “that is, appealing to the conscience of slaveholders and the nation—to bring about the end of slavery” (Foner, 2015, 54). Allowing the people to be free and have some of the opportunities they were once
Covertly held by Sydney Howard Gay, he made an “organized efforts to abolish slavery …made their appearance “he was one of the main planners in New York(Foner, 2015, p. 40). Foner specifies the travel of four fugitives — James Coleman, Henry Hopkins, Ben Jackson and William Connoway. They traveled from Dorchester County to Canada to gain freedom. They had run through states swarming with anti-abolitionists who wanted to get money by capturing slaves. In the end,they escaped and traveled to Canada for a better life. This source is appropriate for this monograph because it helps contribute to the understanding and supports the novel. A historiography that compares to Johnson’s representation is the novel written by Eric Williams, Capitalism and Slavery. The novel follows how slavery was a necessity for industrialization. That the plantations allowed for a lot of money used to support the industrial revolution.Another histography that compares to Johnson’s representation of the social issue that was a result of industrialization in the nineteenth century is the book Slavery and Freedom on the Middle Ground: Maryland During the Nineteenth Century it shows the difficulties the people had to endure in order to abolish slavery. Showing how the boundaries and industrialization affected the bonds they …show more content…
Foner believes the Constitution is not clear because if the slaves who are returned to the south it doesn’t say who should be held accountable. The Fugitive Slave Act troubled the free black people in the North causing many black people to run to Canada free themselves from slavery. This slave law was made to stop the south from breaking away and instead helped influence the civil war. The Compromise of 1850, allowed the Fugitive Slave law to be modified and allowed the slave trade to be put to an end in Washington D.C. “that is, appealing to the conscience of slaveholders and the nation—to bring about the end of slavery” (Foner, 2015, 54). Allowing the people to be free and have some of the opportunities they were once