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I went to Chapel Hill School in Waltham Massachusetts from 1959 to 1962, It is now Chapel Hill - Chauncey Hall... Read More
In 1950, my mother bought a home in Cassopolis, MI... Read More	Midwest / Michigan	Donna Manier, 1d1lady@msn.com, Michigan
To help visitors understand the experience of "passengers" and "conductors" on the railroad, see the new novel The Secrets of Mary Bowser, which includes a section on the movement of escaped slaves from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, through Philadelphia and onto safe houses in New Jersey and New York... Read More	Northeast / Pennsylvania	Lois Leveen, booking@loisleveen.com, Pennsylvania
THE RED FOX Our best-remembered here was a conductor and a Union scout on the underground railway... Read More	Southeast / Tennessee	Derek Hastings, derek_hastings@hotmail.com, Tennessee
American History Starts in St... Read More	Southeast / Florida	Derek Hankerson, derekhankerson@bellsouth.net, Florida
I have a 1840-1850 38by42in hand made map of the ugrr paths in the Tombigbee Warrior basin I can send pictures... Read More	Southeast / Georgia	Linda Battle, dlb@nuz.net, Georgia
Stories of the Underground Railroad throughout New Jersey and beyond can be found in "The Underground Railroad,Ties That Bound Unveiled... Read More	Northeast / New Jersey	Emma Trusty, emmatrusty@aol.com, New Jersey
In 1984, an interview was published in Spinner, an occasional historical publication focusing on southeastern Massachusetts, in which then Fall River Historical Society curator Florence Brigham cited five stations in Fall River on the Underground Railroad... Read More	Northeast / Massachusetts	Kenneth Champlin, frpoo.blue@yahoomail.com, Massachusetts
I grew up in Buda (Bureau County), Illinois... Read More	Midwest / Illinois	Jay Johnson, GENOAIL@MSN.COM, Illinois
The Melendys of Amherst, New Hampshire, the Underground Railroad, and the Anti-Slavery Movement by George Fullerton, Goffstown, New Hampshire The organized antebellum Anti-Slavery movement, calling for the immediate emancipation of slaves within the United States, had its beginnings in 1830 when the journalist William Lloyd Garrison called openly for immediate emancipation of slaves without compensation to the slaveholders (i)... Read More	Northeast / New Hampshire	George Fullerton, gfullerton21@comcast.net, New Hampshire
I am the great-great-granddaughter of a slave owner in MD, Dr... Read More	Midwest / Ohio	Patricia Gunn, gunn_pa1950@yahoo.com, Ohio
One of the most fascinating stories of underground railroad activity in U... Read More	Midwest / Illinois	Heather Bangert, h_bangert@hotmail.com, Illinois
The 1830 farmhouse we live in sits 2 miles south of Oberlin Oh... Read More	Midwest / Ohio	Joseph Woodward, hallauer@eriecoast.com, Ohio
The National Park Services pays lip service to disability rights... Read More	Southeast / Alabama	h humann, hhumann@hotmail.com, Alabama
My grandfather, who was born in the early 1850's, told me that he remembered going with his father to deliver the escaping slaves to the next stop on the railroad... Read More	Midwest / Wisconsin	Jane Varnum, JNVarn@attbi.com, Wisconsin
Regarding the Twelfth Baptist Church referenced in the nps website on the Underground Railroad in Massachusetts paper: The last I knew there was a very vital Twelfth Baptist Church in the Dudley area of Boston - could this be the same church formerly located at Beacon Hill? If so, they may have historical records from their early days or people who could give oral traditions... Read More	Northeast / Massachusetts	Judy Furness, judysworld2012@Yahoo.com, Massachusetts
The Five Points Historic Association invite you to explore the pioneering spirt of many Black Americans in the west and the great state of Colorado... Read More	InterMountain / Colorado	Karen Brown Gerdine, kargerdi3@aol.com, Colorado
My direct ancestors, the Yowell family, were original landowners in the Hudson's Mill area of Virginia near the Culpeper/Madison County line just north of Route 29... Read More	Northeast / Virginia (outside DC metro area)	Marion Gaskins, lemeilleur47@netscape.com, Virginia (outside DC metro area)
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR THE SITE DEVELOPMENT/SCHEMATIC DESIGN OF THE MARY MEACHUM FREEDOM CROSSING... Read More	Midwest / Missouri	Laura L. Lyon, lyon@h3studio.com, Missouri
1. Town/City Hall In January 1834, a small group of abolitionists gathered in the Town Hall (1829-1830) also know as Old City Hall to discuss the formation of the Lowell Anti-Slavery Society... Read More	Northeast / Massachusetts	Martha Mayo, martha_mayo@uml.edu, Massachusetts
John Hatly Fountain Story The Middlesex Standard - Lowell, Massachusetts John Greenleaf Whittier, editor September 29, 1844 Mr... Read More	Northeast / Massachusetts	Martha Mayo, martha_mayo@uml.edu, Massachusetts
Charles Turner Torrey Story Massachusetts Charles Turner Torrey born in Scituate, Massachusetts, in 1813, graduated from Yale and became a minister... Read More	Northeast / Massachusetts	Martha Mayo, martha_mayo@uml.edu, Massachusetts
Elizabeth Lew Story Lowell, Massachusetts HELPED THE SLAVES Lowell Pioneer Woman Who Remembered Scenes of 1837 Lowell Sun - March 1912 Mrs... Read More	Northeast / Massachusetts	Martha Mayo, martha_mayo@uml.edu, Massachusetts
Factory Girls Lowell, Massachusetts PROVINCIAL FREEMAN Chatham, Canada West June 28, 1856 The following brave sentiments from the "Factory Girls of Lowell, Mass... Read More	Northeast / Massachusetts	Martha Mayo, martha_mayo@uml.edu, Massachusetts
1. Lowell, Massachusetts Town/City Hall In January 1834, a small group of abolitionists gathered in the Town Hall (built 1829-1830) also know as Old City Hall to discuss the formation of the Lowell Anti-Slavery Society... Read More	Northeast / Massachusetts	Martha Mayo, martha_mayo@uml.edu, Massachusetts
Nathaniel Booth 1844-1860 Lowell, Massachusetts In 1844, Nathaniel Booth, an escaped slave, settles in Lowell, Massachusetts and opens a barbershop... Read More	Northeast / Massachusetts	Martha Mayo, martha_mayo@uml.edu, Massachusetts
Nathaniel Booth Story Note: Federal Fugitive Slave Bill passed September 18, 1850 American Citizen - Lowell, Massachusetts October 2, 1850 MANSTEALERS IN LOWELL! We understand that one or more persons were in this city yesterday for the purpose of capturing Mr... Read More	Northeast / Massachusetts	Martha Mayo, martha_mayo@uml.edu, Massachusetts
John Greenleaf Whittier Autobiography, in Letter form Amesbury, Massachusetts 1882 Dear Friend: I was born on the 17th of December, 1807, in the easterly part of Haverhill, Massachusetts, in the house built by my first American ancestor, two hundred years ago... Read More	Northeast / Massachusetts	Martha Mayo, martha_mayo@uml.edu, Massachusetts
Alexander P. Burton Story Salem and Lowell, Massachusetts Lowell Morning Mail December 22, 1885 ALEXANDER P... Read More	Northeast / Massachusetts	Martha Mayo, martha_mayo@uml.edu, Massachusetts
Vermont Chauncey Langdon Knapp (1809—1898) Chauncey Langdon Knapp was Secretary of State in Vermont between 1836 and 1840... Read More	Northeast / Massachusetts	Martha Mayo, martha_mayo@uml.edu, Massachusetts
I think that i have found a stop in stamford CT in an old church on what was and is known as Atlantic street... Read More	Northeast / Connecticut	THOMAS OSTASZEWSKI, pinehillave@aol.com, Connecticut
Mary Elizabeth Jones was my great-great grandmother... Read More	Southeast / Alabama	Rae Williams, raesunshin@aol.com, Alabama
My grandparents owned a farm in Keene, NH... Read More	Northeast / New Hampshire	Sarah Barker, soapmom1@hotmail.com, New Hampshire
once a long time ago there lived a women and her name was harriet tubman... Read More	Midwest / Michigan	spongebob squarepants, ss@gaggle.net, Michigan
once a long time ago there lived a women and her name was harriet tubman... Read More	Midwest / Michigan	spongebob squarepants, ss@gaggle.net, Michigan
In 1994 after my grandmother's death, I carried an Aunt who had travelled to attend the funeral to meet with Suzy, my late grandmother's neice... Read More	Southeast / Florida	Angela Lane, thelane.family@att.net, Florida
I need some help about methods of movement from buildings on the underground railroad path... Read More	Midwest / Ohio	William Hamill, ws__hamill@hotmail.com, Ohio

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