The Underground Railroad in Indiana was part of a larger, unofficial, and loosely-connected network of groups and individuals who aided and facilitated...
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The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century. It was used...
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Catherine White Coffin (category Underground Railroad in Indiana)
Coffin, the unofficial "President of the Underground Railroad". The Coffin home in Fountain City, Wayne County, Indiana, has since been turned into a museum...
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Levi Coffin (category Underground Railroad in Indiana)
active leader of the Underground Railroad in Indiana and Ohio, some unofficially called Coffin the "President of the Underground Railroad," estimating that...
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Moon. It is believed that the town was planned as a stop on the Underground Railroad with many families of the Religious Society of Friends and the Wesleyan...
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stop on the Underground Railroad. Coffin was sometimes known as the "president" of the Underground Railroad. It is now operated as an Indiana State Historic...
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The list of Underground Railroad sites includes abolitionist locations of sanctuary, support, and transport for former slaves in 19th century North America...
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The Underground Railroad is a historical fiction novel by American author Colson Whitehead, published by Doubleday in 2016. The alternate history novel...
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Levi Coffin House (redirect from Levin Coffin House, Newport, Indiana)
humanitarian who became an active leader in the Underground Railroad in Indiana and Ohio. Known for his leadership in aiding fugitive slaves, Coffin opposed...
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John Wesley Posey (category Underground Railroad in Indiana)
significant figure in the Underground Railroad in Indiana, America. Posey was one of the organizers of the Anti-Slavery League of Indiana. A significant source...
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The Underground Railroad is an American historical drama limited television series created and directed by Barry Jenkins based on the 2016 novel of the...
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William Still (category Underground Railroad people)
African-American abolitionist based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a conductor of the Underground Railroad and was responsible for aiding and assisting...
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Erastus Farnham House (category Underground Railroad in Indiana)
Indiana, on Indiana State Road 827 and was built in 1847 - 1849 by Erastus Farnham. A staunch abolitionist and one of the local Underground Railroad leaders...
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The Underground Railroad Records is an 1872 book by William Still, who is known as the Father of the Underground Railroad. It is subtitled A record of...
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The Underground Railroad, also called Fugitives Arriving at Levi Coffin's Indiana Farm, a Busy Station of the Underground Railroad, is the best known of...
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"Alexander McClure". IHB. Retrieved June 5, 2023. The Underground Railroad in Indiana, p. 3. https://www.in.gov/dnr/historic-preservation/files/ugrr_history...
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(c. 1808 –1861) was a free Black man and leading conductor of the Underground Railroad (UGRR). According to other abolitionist such as Rush R. Sloane, Anderson...
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was replaced by a reproduction in 1981. Madison was also a major stop on the Underground Railroad, with many homes in the area having once been used for...
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Lyman and Asenath Hoyt House (category Underground Railroad in Indiana)
Hoyt House is a historic home in Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana that was a stop on the Underground Railroad. It is owned by the non-profit...
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Kersey Graves (category Underground Railroad in Indiana)
August 1844, he joined a group of about fifty utopian settlers in Wayne County, Indiana. In the same month, he was disowned by his Quaker meeting group due...
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Town Clock Church (redirect from Second Baptist Church, New Albany, Indiana)
National Park Service. January 23, 2007. "New Albany Underground Railroad site wins restoration prize". Indiana Landmarks. March 22, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2021...
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established a post office in 1837. In the decades leading up to the Civil War, Orland was a stop on the Underground Railroad, sheltering and protecting...
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The Underground Railroad Bicycle Route is a 2,000-mile bicycle touring route from Mobile, Alabama, to Owen Sound, Ontario. It was developed by Adventure...
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in Greensboro Township, Henry County, Indiana, United States. The population was 143 at the 2010 census. The town was a 'station' on the Underground Railroad...
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Union Literary Institute (category Underground Railroad in Indiana)
Union Literary Institute, located in rural Randolph County, Indiana, at 8605 East County Road 600 South, Union City, Indiana (at its founding, "two miles east...
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John Rankin (abolitionist) (category Underground Railroad people)
moving to Ripley, Ohio, in 1822, he became known as one of Ohio's first and most active "conductors" on the Underground Railroad. Prominent pre-Civil War...
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Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center is a visitors' center and history museum located on the grounds of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State...
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Sweet Gum Stable (category Underground Railroad in Indiana)
corner of Main and W. Seventh Street in New Albany, Indiana. The property was a stop of the Underground Railroad, ten blocks west of another stop, the...
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Black church (category 1790 in Christianity)
2007-05-16. "Africans in America: The Black Church". PBS. Retrieved 2007-05-21. Rimsa, Kelly. "The Underground Railroad in Indiana". Archived from the original...
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Reverend George B. Hitchcock House (category Underground Railroad in Iowa)
Underground Railroad. List of Underground Railroad sites List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa National Register of Historic Places listings in Cass County...
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