Thomas J. Magee home photograph   Save
Wilbur H. Siebert Collection
Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting the home of Thomas J. Magee (b. 1784). He kept fugitive slaves in this house located a mile west of Canisteo in Steuben County, New York. The people in this photograph are not identified. 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: AL03099
Subjects: Underground Railroad--New York; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Historic houses
Places: Canisteo (New York); Steuben County (New York)