Faithful Workers in the Cause
Portraits of Abigail Goodwin, Thomas Garrett (station master), Daniel Gibbons (station master), and Lucretia Mott; illustration from “The Underground Railroad,” a book by William Still.
Maria Weems Escaping in Male Attire
Maria Weems disguised herself as 15 year-old “Joe Wright” and escaped in a carriage from Washington, DC in 1855; illustration from “The Underground Railroad,” a …
The Bloodhound Business
An illustration from George Washington Carleton’s “Suppressed Book about Slavery!”
Running Away
An illustration from George Washington Carleton’s “Suppressed Book about Slavery!”
K Stands for Kidnapper
An illustration from Abel Charles Thomas’s children’s book, “Gospel of Slavery.”
The Successful Manhunt
An illustration from Richard Hildreth’s novel, “The White Slave.”
Ellen Craft, the Fugitive Slave
An illustration from “Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; or the Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery.”
A Freeholder’s Court
An illustration from Richard Hildreth’s novel, “The White Slave.”