A fluid frontier : slavery, resistance, and the Underground Railroad in the Detroit River borderland / edited by Karolyn Smardz Frost and Veta Smith Tucker ; with a foreword by David W. Blight.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-272) and index.

Uncertain freedom in frontier Detroit / Veta Smith Tucker -- Forging transnational networks for freedom / Karolyn Smarz Frost -- The illusion of safety: attempts to extradite fugitive slaves from Canada / Bryan Prince -- Canadian black settlements in the Detroit River region / Irene Moore Davis -- Worship way stations in Detroit / Barbara Hughes Smith -- Extending the right hand of fellowship: Sandwich Baptist Church, Amherstburg First Baptist, and the Amherstburg Baptist Association / Adrienne Shadd -- The Voice of the Fugitive: a transnational abolitionist organ / Afua Cooper -- A community militant and organized: the Colored Vigilant Committee of Detroit / Roy Finkenbine -- I am going straight to Canada: women underground railroad activists in the Detroit River border zone / Margaret Washington -- Bridging rivers: Caroline Quarlls's remarkable journey / Kimberly Simmons and Larry McClellan -- One more river to cross: the Crosswhites' escapes from slavery / Debian Marty -- The McCoys: charting freedom from both sides of the river / Carol E. Mull -- The useful frontier: John Brown's Detroit River preface to the Harper's Ferry raid / Louis A. Decaro, Jr.