John W. Jones (June 21, 1817 – December 26, 1900), was born on a plantation in Leesburg, Virginia, he was enslaved by the Ellzey family.[1] Jones is buried in Woodlawn National Cemetery, not far from M...
A founding member of the radical abolitionist Liberty Party.
~• (note: "Many former Liberty leaders subsequently became founders of the Republican Party, including Salmon Chase.) "
(1837) Superv...
Carroll Fitzhugh (1805–1875) was an American abolitionist, mother of Elizabeth Smith Miller, and the spouse to Gerrit Smith. Her older brother was Henry Fitzhugh.Ann Fitzhugh and Gerrit Smith's Peterbo...
The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century black slaves in the United States to escape to free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists who were sympathetic to their cause.
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