Fugitive Slaves in Canada
underground railroad, fugitive slaves, Canada
Fugitive slaves in Canada
Calvin Fairbank
underground railroad, fugitive slave
Calvin Fairbank
Ohio Historical Society
Slave Coffle, Near Paris, Kentucky, 1850s
An eye-witness account of the scene depicted in this illustration the scene described is of "about forty men, all chained together. . . . Behind them were about thirty women, in double rank, the couples tied hand to hand...."
Anon., The Suppressed Book About Slavery! Prepared for Publication in 1857 (New York, 1864), facing p. 49. (Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-30798)
1769 Slave advertisment
Marker located at the corner of 2nd Street and Main Street in downtown Louisville.
Slaves using Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin 1790s
Pete Bruner
Fugitive slaves receiving assistance.
Margret Garner
"Modern Medea," Margaret Garner with her slain child. From Harper's Weekly, May 18, 1867 by Thomas Noble.
Gamaliel Bailey