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Anti-Slavery
Abolitionism in the United States or Antislavery Movement in the United States, a major American reform movement that sought to eradicate slavery in the United States by means of a…
Underground Railroad: Code Words
The Underground Railroad helped millions of slaves escape to freedom. People who worked for the Underground Railroad felt that they had to set slaves free because it was wrong to…
Underground Railroad: Columbia
The famous abolitionist, writer, lecturer, statesman, and Underground Railroad conductor Frederick Douglass (1817–1895) resided in this house from 1877 until his death. At the request of his second wife, Helen…
Underground Railroad: CT
The Austin F. Williams House and Carriagehouse, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1998, are significant for their association with the Underground Railroad and the celebrated Amistad affair of 1839-1841….
Underground Railroad: Delaware
The Appoquinimink Friends Meetings House, erected in 1783, is located in a community where a strong Quaker antislavery movement existed. The Meeting House is associated with John Hunn (1818-1894) and…
Underground Railroad: Florida
British Fort, a National Historic Landmark, like Fort Mose in St. John’s County, Florida, is a precursor site to the Underground Railroad, demonstrating that resistance to slavery arose decades before…
Underground Railroad: Indiana
A National Historic Landmark, Eleutherian College was constructed between 1854 and 1856, and was the first college in Indiana to admit students without regard to race or gender. Some of…
Underground Railroad: Maine
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), author, humanitarian, and abolitionist, lived in this house from 1850 to 1852 during which time she wrote her famous novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Born in Litchfield,…
Underground Railroad: Maryland
Known as the Kennedy Farmhouse, was the headquarters from which John Brown (1800-1859) planned and executed his raid on the Federal armory at Harpers Ferry in October 1859. Along with…
Underground Railroad: MA
This National Historic Landmark was the home of William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879), one of the most articulate and influential advocates of the abolitionist movement in the United States, from 1864…
Underground Railroad: Michigan
The Second Baptist Church, featuring subdued Gothic elements, was constructed in 1914 to replace an earlier church building. It continues to house Michigan’s first African American congregation. The congregation was…
Underground Railroad: New Jersey
This house, constructed in the late 18th century, was home to the Grimes family, a Quaker family active in the New Jersey antislavery movement. Dr. John Grimes (1802-1875), the most…
Underground Railroad: New York
Harriet Tubman (1821–1913), a renowned leader in the Underground Railroad movement, established the Home for the Aged in 1908. Born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland, Tubman gained her freedom…
Underground Railroad: Ohio
William Hubbard (1787-1863) moved to Ashtabula, Ohio, from Holland Patent, New York, in 1834 to join relatives who owned and operated a successful lumber yard and warehouse in the town….
Underground Railroad: PA
White Horse Farm, built around 1770, was the lifetime home of politician and prominent abolitionist Elijah Pennypacker (1802-1888) and a depot on the Underground Railroad. In 1831 Pennypacker was elected…
Underground Railroad Quilt Codes
Secret messages in the form of quilt patterns aided slaves escaping the bonds of captivity in the Southern states before and during the American Civil War. Slaves could not read…
The spirituals: Religion & Slave Songs
Over the years immigrant groups from across the world have brought their national music to America, but aside from Native Americans, African Americans were the first to create an indigenous…
Perating the Underground Railroad
The debate in Congress in 1819 and 1820 over whether Missouri should enter the Union as a slave or free state made it clear to the entire nation that the…
