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Runaway Slave Poster, 1837
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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.
Portrait of Passmore Williamson, c. 1856-1860
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Portrait of Passmore Williamson, c. 1856-1860

Passmore Williamson, abolitionist and member of the Underground Railroad, c. 1856-1860, photograph by Guterkunst & Brothers, 1856-1860. Boston Public Library.
Harriet Tubman
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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
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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
John Brown, Abolitionist
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John Brown, Abolitionist

Photograph of John Brown (1800-1859), abolitionist and member of the Underground Railroad, famous for his raid on the arsenal at Harper's Ferry in 1859, by Levin C. Handy, c. 1900. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs...
William Still Historical Marker, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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William Still Historical Marker, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

William Still Historical Marker at 244 S. 12th St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While living here, William Still was an Underground Railroad agent who helped slaves escape and kept records so...
Jane Johnson
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Jane Johnson - Former Slave Freed by William Still & Passmore Williamson

Engraving of Jane Johnson, from The Underground Railroad, by William Still, 1872.
Reverend W. M. Mitchell
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Reverend W. M. Mitchell

The Reverend William M. Mitchell (c. 1826 to c. 1879), former overseer, abolitionist, and author of The Underground Railroad (1860), the only full-length work published on the subject while slavery was still legal in the...
Rescue of Jane Johnson, 1855
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Rescue of Jane Johnson, 1855

Jane Johnson emancipates herself and her children by walking away from her former 'master', John Hill Wheeler, into the free city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in July 1855. Illustration from The Underground Railroad...
Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge
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Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge - Freedom seekers reached Canada over the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge.

A hand-colored lithograph of the Niagara Suspension Bridge, showing the Niagara Falls in the background, by Charles Parsons (1821-1910). Freedom Seekers on...
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