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The Meeting House is associated with John Hunn (1818-1894) and John Alston (1794-1874), two Underground Railroad "station masters" who were members of the congregation." Advertisement Advertisement ...
Like other multigenerational Glendalians, Parrish remembers as a child exploring tunnels underneath village homes, which adults told him were used in the Underground Railroad. In a video posted in ...
A historical feature about the Underground Railroad. A historical feature about the Underground Railroad and the important role Kansas played in the efforts to help enslaved African Americans in ...
Exterior shot of the historical St. Paul AME Church, which was a station on the Underground Railroad in Lexington up to freedom in Ohio. Tasha Poullard tpoullard@herald-leader.com The stairs are ...
The Underground Railroad, a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada, was not run by any single organization or person. Rather, it consisted of many ...
As it turns out, the book, whose title points to the effectiveness of Underground Railroad operators and freedom seekers to foil enslavers, came at a time that the house was threatened with ...
If the couple were indeed part of the Underground Railroad, perhaps the station wasn't there but at another site: the historical society says the Hesdras owned three other properties in Nyack.