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This project is about documenting the stops, communities and Operatives working anonymously to move slaves north and to freedom in Canada.
It is not to document "Abolitionists" or publicly well known speakers. One of the confusing issues for people new to researching this topic is not understanding that thousands of slaves were bought, particularly by wealthy Quaker familes, and brought north to be smuggled to freedom. Do not confuse someone "owning" lots of slaves with someone buying them to free them which is a particularly egregious error made by poor researchers.
Stops:
Ischua Creek,Catteraugus, New York
"Versailles, Cattaraugus, New York"
Source:
https://historicpath.com/article/underground-railroad-stations-eber...
Bibliography:
http://iagenweb.org/history/annals/1903-Apr.htm
Aftermath of the celebrated Daggs Fugitive Slave case of 2 years earlier.
ANNALS OF IOWA
VOL. VI, NO. 2, APRIL 1903
AN IOWA FUGITIVE SLAVE CASE - 1850.
https://housedivided.dickinson.edu/sites/stampedes/the-1848-daggs-f...
Excellent article on the Daggs Fugitive Slave case
Lots of information on Salem, Iowa, an early Underground Railroad station that seems to have been a hub of Abolitionist activity. Shows various houses with secret hiding places, discusses tunnels, various anecdotes of the Underground Railroad:
Oneida County and Beyond
https://www.oah.org/site/assets/files/10189/508_fost.pdf