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Overview
For slaves escaping on the Underground Railroad, names like Springtown and Snow Hill promised sanctuary and salvation. Under the pressures of racial prejudice, free blacks, runaway slaves and even many Native Americans formed island communities on the periphery of South Jersey towns. Rizzo validates their role in the preservation of tradition, definition of extended family and creation of a social bond among diverse peoples; together they formed parallel communities based on, but independent of, the larger towns and villages familiar to us all.