The Underground Railroad refers to the effort - sometimes spontaneous, sometimes highly organized - to assist persons held in bondage in North America to escape from slavery. Historic places along the Underground Railroad are testament of African American capabilities. The network provided an opportunity for sympathetic white Americans to play a role in resisting slavery, and brought together, however uneasily at times, men and women of both races to begin to set aside assumptions about the other race and to work together on issues of mutual concern. At the most dramatic level, the Underground Railroad provided stories of guided escapes from the South, rescues of arrested fugitives in the North, complex communication systems, and individual acts of bravery and suffering in the quest for freedom for all. - NPS
| Composition | Kind | Creator | AsNotedIn |
|---|---|---|---|
| Composition | Kind | Creator | AsNotedIn |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin (book) | Novel |
| Place | Type | AsNotedIn | Locale | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Type | AsNotedIn | Locale | |
| George and Susan Hillard House | Townhouse | Boston | ||
| William Ingersoll Bowditch House |
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Brookline, MA | ||
| Independence Hall | Philadelphia, PA | |||
| Harriet Beecher Stowe House |
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Hartford | ||
| Lewis and Harriet Hayden House | Townhouse | Boston | ||
| Beecher Hall, Illinois College |
|
Jacksonville | ||
| Harriet Beecher Stowe House | Brunswick | |||
| Levi Coffin House | Fountain City | |||
| Old Courthouse | Jefferson National Expansion Memorial | |||
| Petersburg Courthouse |
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Petersburg | ||
| Seven Chimneys |
|
Westwood | ||
| Plymouth Church | New York City | |||
| Lucas Beecher House |
|
Sandusky | ||
| Harriet Beecher Stowe House |
|
Cincinnati, OH | ||
| Western Reserve Academy |
|
Hudson | ||
| House Of Four Pillars |
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Maumee | ||
| John Brown Farmhouse |
|
Hudson | ||
| Daniel Howell Hise House |
|
Salem | ||
| Bruin's Slave Jail |
|
Alexandria | ||
| Tabor Antislavery Historic District |
|
Tabor | ||
| The Barnes-Hiscock House |
|
Syracuse, NY | ||
| Philbrick House | Brookline, MA |
| Event | AsNotedIn |
|---|---|
| Event | AsNotedIn |
| Ellen and William Craft Run for Freedom |
| Last Name | Name | AsNotedIn |
|---|---|---|
| Stowe: | Harriet Beecher Stowe | |
| Beecher: | Henry Ward Beecher | |
| Coffin: | Levi Coffin | |
| Brown: | Owen Brown | |
| Bowditch: | William Ingersoll Bowditch |