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2 days ago · In 1856 an organization called the Octorara Farmer’s Club was formed in Lancaster County, and Abraham Rakestraw was among the founding members. The group became active in the Underground Railroad helping several enslaved people escape to freedom. Abraham’s wife, Lydia (Bushong) Rakestraw, was born to Henry Bushong (1783-1870) and his first ...
3 days ago · August 19, 2024. By Natural Lands. did you know…? During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Quakers and free Black people in Chester County quietly assisted enslaved people fleeing the south on their journey to freedom. One such stop along the Underground Railroad was the farm of Jonathan and Ann Thomas who were active abolitionists and ...
6 days ago · Middle Tennessee State University: Underground Railroad Primary Source Set. This 9 page pdf provides primary source sets, images, and and resources for students and teachers.
- Chris Burns
- 2016
3 days ago · Here is a list of locations across the five boroughs that had a hand in the New York Underground Railroad movement.
5 days ago · The Underground Railroad is a catch-all term that refers to any of a large number of methods that American slaves and those sympathetic to them used to help those enslaved in their flights to freedom before and during the American Civil War.
3 days ago · During the mid-19th century, British North America served as a terminus for the Underground Railroad, a network of routes used by enslaved African-Americans to escape a slave state.
4 days ago · Created for a final project for History 597, Introduction to Public History at the University of Louisville. This website explore the relationship between Underground Railroad operatives who lived along the Ohio River and details their clandestine activities.