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Underground Railroad
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The Underground Railroad was an organized network of secret routes and safe houses for fugitive slaves to escape to the abolitionist Northern United States and Eastern Canada during the era of slavery
David Ruggles between two men confronting John P. Darg
David Ruggles between two men confronting John P. Darg
Freedom seekers escaped to the Great Dismal Swamp's maroon community.
Freedom seekers escaped to the Great Dismal Swamp's maroon community.
Harriet Tubman (photo H. B. Lindsley), c. 1870. A worker on the Underground Railroad, Tubman made 13 trips to the South, helping to free over 70 peopl
Harriet Tubman (photo H. B. Lindsley), c. 1870. A worker on the Underground Railroad, Tubman made 13 trips to the South, helping to free over 70 people. She led people to the northern free states and Canada. This helped Harriet Tubman gain the name "Moses of Her People".
Quaker abolitionist Levi Coffin and his wife Catherine helped more than 2,000 enslaved people escape to freedom.
Quaker abolitionist Levi Coffin and his wife Catherine helped more than 2,000 enslaved people escape to freedom.
Slavery in the United States
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The legal institution of human chattel slavery, comprising the enslavement primarily of Africans and African Americans, was prevalent in the United States from its founding in 1776 until 1865, predomi
Underground Railroad
…The Underground Railroad was an organized network of secret routes and safe houses for fugitive slaves to escape to the abolitionist Northern United States and Eastern Canada during the era of slavery in the United States. Slaves escaped from slavery as early as the 16th century; many of their escapes were…
Image marketing 18th-century tobacco produced by enslaved laborers in the Colony of Virginia (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)
Image marketing 18th-century tobacco produced by enslaved laborers in the Colony of Virginia (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)
"Entered at the Custom-House Charleston for the week of the 28th instant...From Africa—New Negroes, 371. Rum, 7 punch. Ivory, small quantity" (Charles
"Entered at the Custom-House Charleston for the week of the 28th instant...From Africa—New Negroes, 371. Rum, 7 punch. Ivory, small quantity" (Charleston Daily Courier, December 30, 1805)
This postage stamp, which was created at the time of the Bicentennial, honors Salem Poor, who was an enslaved African-American man who purchased his f
This postage stamp, which was created at the time of the Bicentennial, honors Salem Poor, who was an enslaved African-American man who purchased his freedom, became a soldier, and rose to fame as a war hero during the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Memorial to Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment of Black Loyalists who wore clothing inscribed with the words "Liberty to Slaves"
Memorial to Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment of Black Loyalists who wore clothing inscribed with the words "Liberty to Slaves"