Description: Mrs. Betsy Dodge kept a station on the Underground Railroad at Marblehead, Massachusetts. This cabinet card is from Cross Photo on Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts. The photograph was taken in the 1880s. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03055
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Massachusetts; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Underground Railroad--Women
Places: Marblehead (Massachusetts); Essex County (Massachusetts)
 

Description: Benjamin Snow was an Underground Railroad worker in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts. This cabinet card is from J.C. Moulton at 159 Main Street, Fitchburg, Massachusetts. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03071
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Massachusetts; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Fitchburg (Massachusetts); Worcester County (Massachusetts)
 

Description: Samuel Goodwin was an agent of the Underground Railroad at Marblehead, Massachusetts, before he died at age 73. The card is marked Taber, 24 Tremont Row, Boston. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03046
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Massachusetts; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Marblehead (Massachusetts); Essex County (Massachusetts)
 

Description: Jerusha Leach (1787-1875) was the daughter of Abisha and Patience Wood Leach. She married Elijah Bird in March, 1808. This photograph was taken by P.R. Read when Jerusha was 80 years old. She kept a station on the Underground Railroad in Taunton, Massachusetts. The cabinet card was sent to Wilbur H. Siebert by M. Emma Burt for use in his research on the Underground Railroad. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03044
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Massachusetts; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Underground Railroad--Women
Places: Taunton (Massachusetts); Bristol County (Massachusetts)
 

Description: Simeon Dodge was affiliated with the Underground Railroad in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts. This cabinet card is from the Notman Photographic Company, Limited, of Boston, Massachusetts. The photograph was probably taken in the 1880s. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03058
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Massachusetts; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Marblehead (Massachusetts); Essex County (Massachusetts)
 

Description: Elizabeth Cooley escaped from slavery on the Underground Railroad. She settled in Boston, Massachusetts, making her home at 62 Phillips Street. The photograph was probably taken ca. 1890-1900. It was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03064
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Massachusetts; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Boston (Massachusetts)
 

Description: Engraved portrait of John W. Hutchinson, who worked with the Underground Railroad in Lynn, Massachusetts. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03047
Subjects: Abolitionists; Underground Railroad--Massachusetts; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Lynn (Massachusetts); Essex County (Massachusetts)
 

Description: Photomechanical reproduction of an image of a home used by Nathaniel Topliff Allen (1823-1903) to keep fugitive slaves at 35 Webster Street, West Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, despite being threatened with arson. This image was sent to Wilbur H. Siebert by Miss Lucy Ellis Allen, Nathaniel's daughter. Siebert (1866-1961) began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03072
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Massachusetts; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: West Newton (Massachusetts); Middlesex County (Massachusetts)
 

Description: Photomechanical reproduction of an image of a home used by Nathaniel Topliff Allen (1823-1903) to keep fugitive slaves at 35 Webster Street, West Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, despite being threatened with arson. This image was sent to Wilbur H. Siebert by Miss Lucy Ellis Allen, Nathaniel's daughter. Siebert (1866-1961) began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03073
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Massachusetts; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: West Newton (Massachusetts); Middlesex County (Massachusetts)
 

Description: Reproduction of an end view of the home used by Rev. Seth Chapin to conceal fugitive slaves in the 1830s. The home is located at North Attleboro, Massachusetts. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03042
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Massachusetts; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: North Attelboro (Massachusetts); Bristol County (Massachusetts)
 

Description: Reproduction of a side view of the home used by Rev. Seth Chapin to conceal fugitive slaves in the 1830s. The home is located in North Attleboro, Massachusetts. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03043
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Massachusetts; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: North Attelboro (Massachusetts); Bristol County (Massachusetts)
 

Description: Modern photograph of the Newman House, located at 210 Main Street, on "the Hill" in Andover, Massachusetts. Ralph Emerson harbored fugitive slaves here. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03048
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Massachusetts; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Andover (Massachusetts); Essex County (Massachusetts)