-
Revereand Alexander Dobbin created sliding shelves in 1810 to hide slaves in the crawl space at his Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
-
Oak Valley Plantation in Vacherie, Lousiana was home to slaves that worked in the house and on the field
-
Joseph Goodrich built an inn in Milton, Wisconsin and dug a tunnel by hand in the basement to a cellar to hide slaves as part of the Underground Railroad.
-
A map of the Untied States in 1854 and it shows where slaves were allowed at the time.
-
A slave family in Savannah, Geogia in the 1860s.
-
Wilson Chinn, a freed slave from Lousiana, poses with equipment that was used to punish slaves. This photograph was from 1863
-
Freed slave Sojourner Truth pioneered the abolitionist and women's rights movements. This is a painting based on a photograph from 1864
-
After escaping from slavery herself, Hariet Tubman led many slaves to freedom along with the Underground Railroad. This photograph was taken between 1860-1875
-
Fredrick Douglass was former slave who had become one of the foremost abolitionists of time. He is well known for his powerful speeches and his finely-crafted writing. This photograph was from 1879
-
This website is credible because the Gilder Lehrman Institute of Americn History is credible because it is an institute that gives accurate historical information.
-
This video is credible because the History Channel website has been known to give accurate information on historical events.
-
This source is credible becuase it comes from a very well known published website and gives accurate information about slavery.
