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The Saltwater Railroad: Resistance Networks from Slavery to Freedom
The story of the Saltwater Railroad—a term used to describe the covert maritime routes enslaved people took to escape bondage in the American South to freedom in the Bahamas and beyond. This episode focuses on the remarkable figure of Richard Barnard, a free Black fisherman from Charleston who risked his life piloting runaways through the treacherous waters of the Intracoastal Waterway. We explore the geography of escape: the Sea Islands, the Gulf Stream, and the British colonial outposts in the Bahamas that offered a chance at liberty after the 1818 Treaty of Ghent. Barnard's…
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