Underground Railroads
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- Underground to Freedom The relentless efforts of one American slave to reach the "Promised Land", Canada, through the underground railroad movement.
- John Hossack History and genealogy of John Hossack, Abolitionist, of Ottawa, Illinois. He was canal builder on the I&M, Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Lumber and Grain Merchant, and a conductor on the underground railroad.
- Michigan Historical Museum Before the war many Michigan citizens helped slaves escape from the South, via the Underground Railroad, a secret, often informal, organization of safe hiding places and people willing to provide transportation between them.
- Detroit-Windsor Freedom Tour Describes sites in Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario related to the Underground Railroad and the Civil Rights Movement.
- Under Ground Railroad House This house was part of the underground railroad. There it a lot of pictures and information concerning this house.
- A Bittersweet Journey on the Underground Railroad When historian Anthony Cohen set out to retrace a route along the legendary Underground Railroad, he recovered a piece of the American past.
- Underground Railroad @ nationalgeographic.com Links to various resources and links.
- North Carolina's Underground Railroad Some 50,000 North Carolinians left the state and moved to Ohio or Indiana in protest to slavery during the thirty years before the Civil War is not widely known. As the frustration with more restrictive and harsh laws over slaves and slave owning were passed, some Quakers, like Levi Coffin, began to illegally assist escaping slaves to flee the state.
- National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Highlights stories of the Underground Railroad, including people and sites.
- St. James AME Church The Underground Railroad began when friends along the way helped the first fugitive slave. Find out more about the historical significance of this church's involvement.
- National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Timelines, brief biographies, and a state map that links to lists of Underground Railroad sites.
- Enlightenments from the Underground Railroad Underground Railroad History Butler County Ohio. Highlights Methodist Church involvement. Special focus on the following people: James D Conrey, Anna Conrey, John Ford Conrey, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Van Zandt, Charles Elliott, Eliza Harris, Luther Bruen, Susan D. Howell, James Downing
- Selected Underground Railroad Resources A list of resources on the Internet that provide historical and cultural information about slavery and the struggle against it.
- A Secret Pathway The Underground Railroad was a secret pathway organized by abolitionists--many of them free blacks and Quakers. Its purpose was to help runaway slaves escape to freedom in the North or in Canada.
- Horane Smith The author of Lover's Leap and Underground to Freedom discusses his recent works.
- The Underground Railroad This site allows you to go on the journey to the North from a slave's point of view and follow their path as they try to escape from their southern bondage. You can "visit safe houses which Harriet Tubman actually used" and see pictures. There are maps of her actual routes and information describing how she traveled them.
- Levi Coffin House Known as the "Grand Central Station" of the Underground Railroad. A designated national historic site." "Eliza", whose story is told in Uncle Tom's Cabin, stayed in this home on her way to freedom.
- The Underground Railroad Explore one of the most harrowing and inspiring chapters in American history. In this special feature, you'll find the story of the railroad and unique profiles of the Black Americans who made the railroad run.
- History of the Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad was perhaps the most dramatic protest action against slavery in United States history. The operations of clandestine escape networks began in the 1500s, and was later connected with organized abolitionist activity of the 1800s.
- Underground Railroad Niagara County, New York, was extremely active in the organized effort to guide and help escaping slaves out of the United States and into the protective boundaries of Canada.
- Underground Railroad Special Resource Study Provides detailed information on Resource book for sale on the history and meaning of the Underground Railroad, published by the National Park Service.
- The Underground Railroad Site For the many African Americans who lived in the Slave States prior to and during the American Civil War, the Underground Railroad provided them the opportunity and assistance for escaping slavery and finding freedom. One of the most curious characteristics of the Underground Railroad was its lack of formal organization.
- The Underground Railroad in Rochester, New York While the stringent laws of The Fugitive Slave Act were being enforced and the institution of slavery continued unabated, many abolitionists assisted escaped slaves regardless of the consequences. These abolitionists, who were primarily composed of Quakers, ex-slaves and other liberal thinking citizens, helped establish what was known as the Underground Railroad.
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