 view gallery |   Mount Clare - Baltimore MD
in Underground Railroad Sites When it first went into operation, the Baltimore Iron Works had a labor force of eighty-nine individuals. Forty-seven were white (thirty-eight were free men on wages, nine were indentured servants) and forty-two were enslaved African Americans. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 1/21/2021 last visited: 5/29/2020 |
 view gallery | John Rankin House - Ripley OH in Underground Railroad Sites Rankin House-Home of Reverend John Rankin-Underground Railroad Station 1828-1863. A State Memorial of the Ohio Historical Society posted by: Don.Morfe location: Ohio date approved: 1/9/2021 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Thomas Garrett Stationmaster on the Underground Railroad - Wilmington DE in Underground Railroad Sites Garrett was committed to the anti-slavery efforts of his Quaker faith. He is credited with assisting more than 2,700 of “God’s Poor” to escape slavery through the secret network known as the Underground Railroad. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Delaware date approved: 12/11/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Bucktown Village Store - Cambridge, Maryland in Underground Railroad Sites Located at the intersection of Bucktown Road and Greenbriar Road. posted by:  flyingmoose location: Maryland date approved: 10/27/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Underground Railroad Station - The Chace House - Cumberland, Rhode Island in Underground Railroad Sites Located in the village of Valley Falls at the southern end of Cumberland, Rhode Island, the home of Samuel B. and Elizabeth Buffum Chace was the state's preeminent stop along the Underground Railroad during the 1840s and 1850s. posted by: 401Photos location: Rhode Island date approved: 9/19/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Dr Richard Eell's House - Quincy IL in Underground Railroad Sites Dr Richard Eell's House - Quincy IL posted by: kJfishman location: Illinois date approved: 7/21/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Underground Railroad Station 47 Market Street - Salem NJ in Underground Railroad Sites From 1836 through the Civil War, this house was a beacon to enslaved African Americans escaping north. Here abolitionists Abigail and Elizabeth Goodwin provided funds and supplies to the runaways for their journey to Freedom. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 6/21/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | The Underground Railroad-Friendsville Quakers and Cudjo's Cave - Friendsville TN in Underground Railroad Sites Members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) came to Blount County in the 1790s looking for a place to worship in peace. Hardworking and industrious, opposing war and slavery posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 6/5/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Robert Purvis (1810-1898) - Philadelphia PA in Underground Railroad Sites As an agent for the Underground Railroad, he built a secret area here at his house to hide slaves. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Pennsylvania date approved: 5/14/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Saint Charles, Missouri in Underground Railroad Sites A stop for those on their way to Canada, and the destination for others... posted by: YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 5/3/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Underground Railroad - Harrisburg, PA in Underground Railroad Sites In the 1850s this area, known as Tanner's Alley, was important on the Underground Railroad. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Pennsylvania date approved: 5/3/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Atkinson Family, The - Maple Glen, PA in Underground Railroad Sites Abolitionists Thomas and Hannah Atkinson and other members of Upper Dublin Friends Meeting conducted an Underground Railroad station at the farm next door. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Pennsylvania date approved: 5/3/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Newport Fugitive Slave Rescue - Newport PA in Underground Railroad Sites In July 1841, three Md. slaves, Alick, Tom, and Ben, were pursued to Newport by bounty hunters. While Ben drowned as he attempted to cross the Juniata River, the other two were captured. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Pennsylvania date approved: 5/3/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Benjamin Walker Homestead in Underground Railroad Sites Before and during the Civil War, Benjamin Walker, Abner Walker, Sr. and George Harbaugh worked closely with African American Underground Railroad conductors John Fiddler, Elisa Rouse and Joseph Crawley. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Pennsylvania date approved: 4/13/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Station Stops: The Underground Railroad - Cambridge, MD in Underground Railroad Sites William Still (1821- 1902) was born in Burlington New Jersey. His parents had been enslaved on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. To escape slavery, William Still’s parents and their young daughter fled to New Jersey before William was born. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 2/19/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Tuckahoe Neck Meeting House Living Their Beliefs - Denton, MD in Underground Railroad Sites The Quakers, also known as Friends, who met in this Meeting House not only held strong opinions on the abolition of slavery and women’s rights, but they also acted on those beliefs. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 2/11/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Choptank River Heritage Center Steal Away by River - Denton, MD in Underground Railroad Sites The Choptank River was as entwined with the history of slavery and freedom on the Eastern Shore as any plantation. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 2/11/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Moses and the Hounds - Denton, MD in Underground Railroad Sites Growing up as a slave near Easton, MD, Moses Viney often heard, “The wild geese come from Canada, where all are free.“ posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 2/11/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Caroline Courthouse In the Shadow of Justice - Denton, MD in Underground Railroad Sites Many facets of 19th century rural life focused on a county’s courthouse. For the enslaved and abolitionists, the square possessed a more sinister purpose. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 2/11/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | William Still Center Families Divided & United - Denton, MD in Underground Railroad Sites William Still’s mother Sidney and several of his siblings lived in a cottage on the plantation where they were enslaved. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 2/11/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | “Sailing Away to Freedom” Gilpin Point - Preston MD in Underground Railroad Sites Gilpin’s Point was one of the busiest wharves along the Choptank River in Caroline County where steamboats and sailing vessels transported people, timber, agricultural products, and seafood. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 2/11/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Webb Cabin Living Free - Preston, MD in Underground Railroad Sites Common in the mid-19th century, this cabin is a rare survivor today. James H. and Mary Ann Webb built this one-room house in the 1850s, using materials found in the surrounding landscape. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 2/11/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Leverton House Finding Safe Haven - Preston, MD in Underground Railroad Sites Refugees from slavery came here for temporary sanctuary. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 2/11/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | The Underground Railroad Seed of War - Preston, MD in Underground Railroad Sites The operation of the Underground Railroad to help slaves escape to the free North and Canada, which was supported by Northern anti-slavery societies, was a sharp thorn in the sides of slaveholders. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 2/11/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Linchester Mill Living Dangerously - Preston, MD in Underground Railroad Sites Quakers and free blacks who lived near the mill secretly helped freedom seekers pass through the area. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 2/11/2020 last visited: never |
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