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The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom

ILLUSTRATIONS, PORTRAITS, FACSIMILES AND MAPS

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The Underground Railroad: Levi Coffin receiving a company of fugitives in the outskirts of Cincinnati, OhioFrontispiece

FACING PAGE

Isaac T. Hopper17

The Runaway: a stereotype cut used on handbills advertising escaped slaves27

Crossing-place on the Ohio River at Steubenville, Ohio47

The Rankin House, Ripley, Ohio47

Facsimile of an Underground MessageOn page 57

Barn of Seymour Finney, Detroit, Michigan65

The Old First Church, Galesburg, Illinois65

William Still75

Levi Coffin87

Frederick Douglass104

Caves in Salem Township, Washington County, Ohio130

House of Mrs. Elizabeth Buffum Chace, Valley Falls, Rhode Island130

The Detroit River at Detroit, Michigan147

Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio147

Ellen Craft as she escaped from Slavery163

Samuel Harper and Wife163

Dr. Alexander M. Ross180

Harriet Tubman180

Group of Refugee Settlers at Windsor, Ontario, C.W.190

Theodore Parker205

Thomas Wentworth Higginson205

Dr. Samuel G. Howe205

Benjamin Drew205

Church of the Fugitive Slaves, Boston, Massachusetts235

Salmon P. Chase254

Thomas Garrett254

Rush R. Sloane282

Thaddeus Stevens282

J. R. Ware282

Rutherford B. Hayes282

Gerrit Smith290

Joshua R. Giddings290

Charles Sumner290

Richard H. Dana290

Bust of Rev. John Rankin307

Harriet Beecher Stowe321

Captain John Brown338

Facsimile of a Leaf from the Diary of Daniel OsbornOn pages 344, 345

MAPS

Map of the Underground Railroad SystemFacing page 113

Map of Underground Lines in Southeastern Pennsylvania" 113

Map of Underground Lines in Morgan County, OhioOn page 136

Lewis Falley's Map of the Underground Routes of Indiana and MichiganOn page 138

Map of an Underground Line through Livingston and La Salle Counties, IllinoisOn page 139

Map of Underground Lines through Greene, Warren and Clinton Counties, OhioOn page 140

APPENDICES

Appendix A: Constitutional Provisions and National Acts relative to Fugitive Slaves, 1787-1850359-366

Appendix B: List of Important Fugitive Slave Cases367-377

Appendix C: Figures from the United States Census Reports relating to Fugitive Slaves378, 379

Appendix D: Bibliography380-402

Appendix E: Directory of the names of Underground Railroad Operators and Members of Vigilance Committees403-439

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