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Slave Hunters in Boston
Article by Joshua J. Mark

Slave Hunters in Boston - The Failed Attempt to Capture Ellen & William Craft

In 1848, Ellen and William Craft escaped from slavery in Georgia by Ellen posing as a Southern gentleman and William as 'his' slave (since women were not allowed to travel alone with a male slave). They arrived in the free state of Pennsylvania...
The Immortal Ten
Article by Joshua J. Mark

The Immortal Ten - The Daring Rescue of John Doy

The Immortal Ten were a group of abolitionists from Kansas Territory (where slavery was hotly contested) who slipped across the Missouri River into St. Joseph, Missouri (a slave state) and, on 23 July 1859, freed their friend and fellow abolitionist...
The Railways in the British Industrial Revolution
Article by Mark Cartwright

The Railways in the British Industrial Revolution

The railways were perhaps the most visible element of the Industrial Revolution for many. Trains powered by steam engines carried goods and people faster than ever before and reached new destinations, connecting businesses to new markets...
Ellen and William Craft's Escape Through Canada
Article by Joshua J. Mark

Ellen and William Craft's Escape Through Canada - The Challenges of Racial Prejudice

Among the most daring escapes from slavery in the United States in the 19th century was the flight of Ellen and William Craft from the slave state of Georgia to the free state of Pennsylvania in 1848. Ellen (1826-1891), a light-skinned Black...
Mary Cassatt
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Mary Cassatt

Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) was an American impressionist painter who lived most of her life in France. She focussed on capturing women at their daily tasks in oils, pastels, and prints, and produced many innovative representations of mothers...
William Still
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William Still - Father of the Underground Railroad

William Still (1819-1902), the abolitionist known as the "Father of the Underground Railroad" for the records of escaped slaves he kept and later published as The Underground Railroad Records in 1872, c. 1898.
Harriet Tubman: They called her Moses (2018) | Full Movie | Dr. Eric Lewis Williams
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Harriet Tubman: They called her Moses (2018) | Full Movie | Dr. Eric Lewis Williams

Discover the real Harriet Tubman in this compelling documentary narrated by Alfrelynn Roberts and featuring expert interviews with leading scholars, including Dr. Eric Lewis Williams of the Smithsonian Institute and Carl Westmoreland of the...
Harriet Tubman
Image by Harvey B. Lindsley

Harriet Tubman

A photograph of Harriet Tubman, former slave and the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, by Harvey B. Lindsley (1842-1921), c. 1871. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Harriet Tubman, 1885
Image by Horatio Seymour Squyer

Harriet Tubman, 1885

Former slave, abolitionist, and famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman, cropped from the original photograph by Horatio Seymour Squyer, 1885. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Runaway Slave Poster, 1837
Image by Wilbur Henry Siebert

Runaway Slave Poster, 1837

Runaway Slave Poster, 1837, republished in "The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom" by Wilbur Henry Siebert, Albert Bushnell Hart Edition: Published by Macmillan, 1898, pg. 26.
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