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Many of the homes of the Underground Railroad's "agents" and "conductors" provided shelter for escapees amid their travels. Here are some that are available to visit along the trail. Thomas Garrett ...
Garrett was an Underground Railroad Conductor. by Anne Neborak Anne Neborak -- 21st Century Media Robert Seeley of Havertown wants his ancestor,Thomas Garrett to be pardoned posthumously.
Thomas was nicknamed the “Stationmaster” of the Underground Railroad in Delaware, according to Deldot.gov. Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park in Wilmington was named after Thomas. There’s also a ...
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with journalist Scott Shane, who traced the naming of the Underground Railroad back to the writings of the little-known 19th century abolitionist Thomas Smallwood.
Another Underground Railroad station in this area is "The Pines" which was the home of actually three Underground Railroad agents. ... He found Thomas Garrett guilty fined him $5,400 and said that ...
The home was one of two properties officially incorporated into the town's historic district by the town council earlier this month.
The phrase 'underground railroad' dates back to an operation of escapes organized by Thomas Smallwood, a Black shoemaker in Washington, D.C.
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Kai Thomas about his debut novel IN THE UPPER COUNTRY and exploring the Underground Railroad's little-known history in a community of free Black people in Canada.
Paul Stewart, co-founder of Albany's Underground Railroad Education Center, said the center has been coordinating community digs at the site where Elkins' home once stood since 2014, part of a ...
Thomas came to Licking County in 1812, at the age of 11, with his parents, John and Esther. According to a marriage record the same year he built the new mill, Thomas, 26, married Agnes Dunlap, 21.
DREXEL HILL >> Robert Seeley is on a quest to have charges against his ancestor, Thomas Garrett and two others, pardoned posthumously. The Havertown resident has appealed to Delaware governor… ...
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Kai Thomas about his debut novel IN THE UPPER COUNTRY and exploring the Underground Railroad's little-known history in a community of free Black people in Canada.