Search The Directory The Web for Home > Society > History > By Time Period > Nineteenth Century > Underground_Railroads New! Submit a site   Categories: Tubman, Harriet *(14)       whatUseek Collection Sites (submit a site ):   Give your site great placement in this category in as little as two business days!     whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   A Bittersweet Journey on the Underground Railroad - When historian Anthony Cohen set out to retrace a route along the legendary Underground Railroad, he recovered a piece of the American past.   A Secret Pathway - The Underground Railroad was a secret pathway organized by abolitionists--many of them free blacks and Quakers. Its purpose was to help runaway slaves escape to freedom in the North or in Canada.   Detroit-Windsor Freedom Tour - Describes sites in Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario related to the Underground Railroad and the Civil Rights Movement.   Enlightenments from the Underground Railroad - Underground Railroad History Butler County Ohio. Highlights Methodist Church involvement. Special focus on the following people: James D Conrey, Anna Conrey, John Ford Conrey, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Van Zandt, Charles Elliott, Eliza Harris, Luther Bruen, Susan D. Howell, James Downing   History of the Underground Railroad - The Underground Railroad was perhaps the most dramatic protest action against slavery in United States history. The operations of clandestine escape networks began in the 1500s, and was later connected with organized abolitionist activity of the 1800s.   Horane Smith - The author of Lover's Leap and Underground to Freedom discusses his recent works.   John Hossack - History and genealogy of John Hossack, Abolitionist, of Ottawa, Illinois. He was canal builder on the I&M, Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Lumber and Grain Merchant, and a conductor on the underground railroad.   Levi Coffin House - Known as the "Grand Central Station" of the Underground Railroad. A designated national historic site." "Eliza", whose story is told in Uncle Tom's Cabin, stayed in this home on her way to freedom.   Michigan Historical Museum - Before the war many Michigan citizens helped slaves escape from the South, via the Underground Railroad, a secret, often informal, organization of safe hiding places and people willing to provide transportation between them.   National Underground Railroad Freedom Center - Highlights stories of the Underground Railroad, including people and sites.   National Underground Railroad Freedom Center - Highlights stories of the Underground Railroad, including people and sites.   North Carolina's Underground Railroad - Some 50,000 North Carolinians left the state and moved to Ohio or Indiana in protest to slavery during the thirty years before the Civil War is not widely known. As the frustration with more restrictive and harsh laws over slaves and slave owning were passed, some Quakers, like Levi Coffin, began to illegally assist escaping slaves to flee the state.   Selected Underground Railroad Resources - A list of resources on the Internet that provide historical and cultural information about slavery and the struggle against it.   St. James AME Church - The Underground Railroad began when friends along the way helped the first fugitive slave. Find out more about the historical significance of this church's involvement.   The Underground Railroad - This site allows you to go on the journey to the North from a slave's point of view and follow their path as they try to escape from their southern bondage. You can "visit safe houses which Harriet Tubman actually used" and see pictures. There are maps of her actual routes and information describing how she traveled them.   The Underground Railroad - This site allows you to go on the journey to the North from a slave's point of view and follow their path as they try to escape from their southern bondage. You can "visit safe houses which Harriet Tubman actually used" and see pictures. There are maps of her actual routes and information describing how she traveled them.   The Underground Railroad Site - For the many African Americans who lived in the Slave States prior to and during the American Civil War, the Underground Railroad provided them the opportunity and assistance for escaping slavery and finding freedom. One of the most curious characteristics of the Underground Railroad was its lack of formal organization.   The Underground Railroad in Rochester, New York - While the stringent laws of The Fugitive Slave Act were being enforced and the institution of slavery continued unabated, many abolitionists assisted escaped slaves regardless of the consequences. These abolitionists, who were primarily composed of Quakers, ex-slaves and other liberal thinking citizens, helped establish what was known as the Underground Railroad.   Under Ground Railroad House - This house was part of the underground railroad. There it a lot of pictures and information concerning this house.   Underground Railroad - Niagara County, New York, was extremely active in the organized effort to guide and help escaping slaves out of the United States and into the protective boundaries of Canada.     [ 1 2 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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