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Floyd County, Indiana, and its county seat, New Albany, are located directly across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. Louisville was a major slave-trade center, and Indiana was a free state. Many slaves fled to Floyd County via the Underground Railroad, but their fight for freedom did not end once they reached Indiana. Sufficient information on slaves coming to and through this important area may be found in court records, newspaper stories, oral history accounts, and other materials that a full and fascinating history is possible, one detailing the struggles that runaway slaves faced in Floyd County, such as local, state, and federal laws working together to keep them from advancing socially, politically, and economically. This work also discusses the attitudes, people, and places that help in explaining the successes and heartaches of escaping slaves in Floyd County. Included are a number of freedom and manumission papers, which provided court certification of the freedom of former slaves.
Underground Railroad in New Albany at the Second Baptist Church.
The counties concerned are Lake, Porter, LaPorte, St. Joseph, Wabash, Huntington, Grant.
A new interpretation of the Underground Railroad that places violence at the center of the story.
Folder contains materials relating to African Americans in Floyd County, Indiana. Materials include a miscellaneous court records, historical schools, education, and the Underground Railroad.
History of the Underground railroad in Indiana.