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 Way They “Catch Men” in Pennsylvania
An illustration from the 1838 Anti-Slavery Almanac.
Escaping with Master’s Carriages and Horses
Harriet Shephard led 10 others, including her five children, from Chestertown, Maryland in November 1855 in stolen carriages and horses to Wilmington, where they found …
Escape by Enslaved Man from Leesburg, Virginia with White Woman and and Child, Likely his Wife.
An illustration from “The Underground Railroad,” a book by William Still.
A Bold Stroke for Freedom
Six people escaped in a wagon stolen on Christmas Eve 1855, four reached safety; illustration from “The Underground Railroad,” a book by William Still.
Resurrection of Henry Box Brown
Henry “Box” Brown was sent by mail to Philadelphia, 1856; illustration from “The Underground Railroad,” a book by William Still.
An Illustration of the Christiana Tragedy
In 1851, free black residents of south central Pennsylvania resisted kidnappers, one of whom was killed – they were tried for treason by a two-judge …