AsNotedIn: National Underground Railroad: Network To Freedom

US National Park Service

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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

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Works

Composition	Kind	Creator	AsNotedIn
Composition	Kind	Creator	AsNotedIn
Uncle Tom's Cabin (book)	Novel	Harriet Beecher Stowe	1001 Book URR 1000 Nv

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Places

Place	Type	AsNotedIn	Locale
Place	Type	AsNotedIn	Locale
Unionville	Hamlet	URR	Maryland
George and Susan Hillard House	Townhouse	URR	Boston
William Ingersoll Bowditch House		NRHP URR	Brookline, MA
Independence Hall		NRHP WHL URR 1001 Bld KAE NP Entity TC	Philadelphia, PA
John Johnson House		URR NRHP US NHL	Philadelphia, PA
Harriet Beecher Stowe House		NRHP URR	Hartford
Lewis and Harriet Hayden House	Townhouse	URR	Boston
Beecher Hall, Illinois College		NRHP URR	Jacksonville
Harriet Beecher Stowe House		NRHP US NHL URR	Brunswick
Dr Richard Eells House		PRHP URR	Quincy
Levi Coffin House		NRHP US NHL URR	Fountain City
Old Courthouse		NRHP US NHL URR	Gateway Arch National Park
Petersburg Courthouse		NRHP URR	Petersburg
Seven Chimneys		NRHP URR	Westwood
Plymouth Church		URR NRHP US NHL	New York City
Lucas Beecher House		NRHP URR	Sandusky
Harriet Beecher Stowe House		NRHP URR	Cincinnati, OH
Western Reserve Academy		NRHP URR	Hudson
A A Bancroft House		URR NRHP	Granville
House Of Four Pillars		NRHP URR	Maumee
John Brown Farmhouse		NRHP URR	Hudson
Daniel Howell Hise House		NRHP URR	Salem
Bruin's Slave Jail		NRHP URR	Alexandria
Tabor Antislavery Historic District		NRHP URR	Tabor
The Barnes-Hiscock House		NRHP URR	Syracuse, NY
Philbrick House		URR NRHPc	Brookline, MA

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Events

Event	AsNotedIn
Event	AsNotedIn
Ellen and William Craft Run for Freedom	URR

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People

Last Name	Name	AsNotedIn
Stowe:	Harriet Beecher Stowe	URR
Beecher:	Henry Ward Beecher	URR
Henson:	Josiah Henson	URR
Coffin:	Levi Coffin	URR
Brown:	Owen Brown	URR
Bowditch:	William Ingersoll Bowditch	URR