topic:"Underground Railroad." found 15 records - Research Collections

Excavations at the Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith site, Lancaster, Pennsylvania : archaeological evidence for the Underground Railroad

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2019

Responsibility: James A Delle ; Mary Ann Levine

Publisher: Northeast Historical Archaeology

Physical Description: 22 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Series: Northeast Historical Archaeology 33

Notes: Delle, James A. and Levine, Mary Ann (2004) "Excavations at the Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith Site, Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Archaeological Evidence for the Underground Railroad," Northeast Historical Archaeology: vol. 33 33, Article 10.

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868; Community archaeology; Urban archaeology - Pennsylvania; Archaeology and history - United States; Underground Railroad

The ground swallowed them up : slavery and the underground railroad in York County, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20585

Author: Mingus, Scott L.

Date of Publication: 2016.; Â©2016

Call Number: 973.7115 M664

Responsibility: Scott Mingus.

ISBN: 9780979291555; 0979291550

Author: Mingus, Scott L.

Place of Publication: York, Pa

Publisher: York County History Center,

Date of Publication: 2016.; Â©2016

Physical Description: x, 232 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introduction / Dr. Leroy T. Hopkins, Jr. -- Foreword / June Burk Lloyd -- Slavery in Pennsylvania and the early abolitionist movement -- The early growth of the Underground Railroad -- Prigg v. Pennsylvania -- An open pathway for fugitives -- From discord toward dissolution -- The bloody road to emancipation -- Afterword / James McClure -- Appendix A : Reported Underground Railroad conductors in York County -- Appendix B : The slaveholder's prayer.

Subjects: Underground Railroad - Pennsylvania.; Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania; African Americans - Pennsylvania; Historic sites - Pennsylvania.; African Americans.; Fugitive slaves.; Historic sites.; Underground Railroad.; York County (Pa.) - History.; Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - York County.; History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7115 M664

Growing up free and black in mid-nineteenth century Lancaster County

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Author: Mitchell, Faith.

Date of Publication: 2011.

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Responsibility: Faith Mitchell, Ph.D.

Author: Mitchell, Faith.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: LancasterHistory,

Date of Publication: 2011.

Physical Description: pp. 102-113.

Summary: "By following the story of my great-grandmother Isabella Ford's life, and adding to it with information from available sources, I have been able to get a better understanding of the circumstances of Lancaster's free blacks. Her story provides a sense of life in mid-nineteenth century Lancaster County and shows how free black families held their own, despite an environment that was often unfriendly and that restricted their opportunities by both law and custom."

Subjects: Ford, Maria Proctor; Proctor, Jeremiah; Ford, Ellen Isabella; Proctor, James; Proctor, Hannah; Ford, John; Skerrett, Emma Victoria Crawford; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Fulton Township; African American families - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); African American Methodists; Underground Railroad; Slavery - America - History

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 113, number 2/3 (2011), p. 102-113Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.113

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History of the Underground Railroad in Chester and the neighboring counties of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15186

Author: Smedley, R. C.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 2005.

Call Number: 973.7115 S637 2005

Responsibility: R.C. Smedley ; introduction by Christopher Densmore.

ISBN: 0811731898

Author: Smedley, R. C.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Mechanicsburg, PA

Publisher: Stackpole Books,

Date of Publication: 2005.

Physical Description: xx, 406 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Notes: Originally published: Lancaster, Pa. : Office of the Journal, 1883.; Includes index.; African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society.

Summary: This book was written in 1883 by Robert Clemons Smedley, a Chester County Pennsylvania physician who interviewed participants in the underground railroad. He was not a historian and was not unbiased. But he is considered to have been conscientious in his efforts to record the stories he was told. He wrote about events as described to him by person who themselves were involved, both those fleeing slavery and those assisting them.Topics in chapters 1 & 2 include William Wright and Columbia, PA. Chapter 8 is about the "Christiana Tragedy".

Subjects: Underground railroad - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Underground railroad - Pennsylvania.; Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania - Chester County; Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Chester County; African Americans - Pennsylvania; Abolitionists - Pennsylvania - Chester County - Biography.; Abolitionists - Pennsylvania - Biography.; Chester County (Pa.) - Biography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7115 S637 2005

In search of Robert Boston : race and resistance in Antebellum Lancaster County

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Author: Hopkins, Leroy T.

Date of Publication: 2010.

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Responsibility: Leroy T. Hopkins, Jr., PhD.

Author: Hopkins, Leroy T.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: LancasterHistory,

Date of Publication: 2010.

Physical Description: pp. 82-101 : illus, photo. ; 23 cm.

Summary: "A relationship between [Thaddeus] Stevens and...[Robert Boston] is an important counter narrative. Most traditional accounts of the local Underground Railroad activity emphasize the actions of white stationmasters such as William Wright in Columbia or Daniel Gibbons in Bird-in-Hand. African-American involvement while not ignored is generally presented as being of secondary importance. Each demonstrable piece of evidence of Black involvement in effort to combat slavery strengthens arguments for a tradition of Black agency and necessitates a reassessment of the lives and experiences of African Americans in the Antebellum Era."

Subjects: Boston, Robert.; Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.; African Americans - Pennsylvania; Underground Railroad; African American barbers

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 112, number 3/4 (2010), p. 82-101Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.112

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Letter

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/02f02196-17e8-4405-939f-226926209623

Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Letter to Daniel Givens in Bird-in-Hand from Stephen Smith

Object ID: MG0240_Ser02_F013_In02

Date Range: 1840/03/05

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Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Letter to Daniel Givens in Bird-in-Hand from Stephen Smith

Description: Letter to Daniel Givens in Bird-in-Hand from Stephen Smith in Columbia regarding the status and location of three enslaved persons who were reportedly captured south of Lancaster.

Date Range: 1840/03/05

Creation Date: 5 March 1840

Creator: Smith, Stephen, 1795-1873

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Gibbons, Daniel; Givens, Daniel; Smith, Stephen

Subjects: African Americans--History; Antislavery movements; Fugitive slaves; Letters; Underground Railroad

Search Terms: Abolition; Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Correspondence; Enslaved persons; Freedom seekers; Letters; Persons of color; Underground Railroad

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0240_Ser02_F013_In02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Black History Collection (MG0240) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b3d42c6-a313-4ebc-966f-516114048136

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Black History Collection (MG0240), Series 2, Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-240, Series 2

Other Number: MG-240, Series 2, Folder 13, Insert 2

Classification: MG0240

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Transferred from Document Collection, 15 March 2012. Added to database on 28 March 2022.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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Letter

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Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Letter to Daniel Gibbons from Mary B. Thomas

Object ID: MG0240_Ser02_F013_In03

Date Range: 1841

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Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Letter to Daniel Gibbons from Mary B. Thomas

Description: Letter to Daniel Gibbons in Enterprise from Mary B. Thomas in Downingtown regarding the three Freedom Seekers now under her protection, who are anxious about being captured and wish to move on to Canada as soon as the woman's son can join them.

Date Range: 1841

Creation Date: 5th month, 6th day, 1841

Creator: Thomas, Mary B., 1810-1876

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Gibbons, Daniel; Thomas, Mary B.

Subjects: African Americans--History; Antislavery movements; Fugitive slaves; Letters; Underground Railroad

Search Terms: Abolition; Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Correspondence; Enslaved persons; Freedom Seekers; Letters; Persons of color; Underground Railroad

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0240_Ser02_F013_In03

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Black History Collection (MG0240) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b3d42c6-a313-4ebc-966f-516114048136

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Black History Collection (MG0240), Series 2, Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-240, Series 2

Other Number: MG-240, Series 2, Folder 13, Insert 3

Classification: MG0240

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Transferred from Document Collection, 15 March 2012. Added to database on 28 March 2022.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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Narrative

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Manusrcipt about the Gibbons Family

Object ID: MG0846_F019

Date Range: No date

other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply. Language: English Biographical and Historical Note: Brubaker, Jack. “Three generations on the Underground Railroad: the Gibbons family of Lancaster County. Pennsylvania Heritage, Fall 2019. http://paheritage.wpengine.com/article/generations-underground

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Manusrcipt about the Gibbons Family

Description: Anonymous, six-page typewritten manuscript with narratives about James Gibbons, Daniel Gibbons, and Dr. Joseph and Phebe Gibbons. Some of this material appears in Marianna Gibbons Brubaker's 1911 paper on the Underground Railroad and the Gibbons family, but comments near the end of the piece indicate that she did not write this. Marianna Brubaker, in her typewritten "Beechdale, the home of the Gibbons family... and some of the people connected with it'' collection of family information (the historical society has a copy), suggested that it was written by "a friend who lived in Bird-in-Hand and was of the generation of Joseph's children".; 1. "James Gibbons Sr. and the Division of his Real Estate.''; 2. "Daniel Gibbons and Constable Hughes.''; 3. "Daniel Gibbons and Rebecca Evans.''; 4. "Bird-in-Hand Lyceum.''

Date Range: No date

Creation Date: No date

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons; Conard, Joseph; Cooper, Calvin; Cooper, Joseph; Evans, Rebecca; Garner, Eliza; Gibbons, Daniel; Gibbons, James; Gibbons, Joseph; Gibbons, Phebe Hussey Earle; Haldeman, Abraham; Lamborn, Ezer; Wallace, George W.

Subjects: Underground Railroad; Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Essays

Search Terms: Underground Railroad; Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Bird-in-Hand Lyceum; Essays

Extent: 1 item, 6 pages to scan

Object Name: Narrative

Language: English

Object ID: MG0846_F019

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records (MG0846), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).; Some people in the manuscript are only reffered to by titles or initials, which make it diificult to discern who they are. There was even a reference to President Buchanan in the manuscript.

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Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2021.008

Other Numbers: MG-846

Other Number: MG-846, Folder 19

Classification: MG0846

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 28 July 2021.

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On the edge of freedom : the fugitive slave issue in south central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19541

Author: Smith, David G.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 2013.

Call Number: 326 S645

Responsibility: David G. Smith.

ISBN: 9780823240326 (cloth : alk. paper); 0823240320 (cloth : alk. paper)

Author: Smith, David G.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Fordham University Press,

Date of Publication: 2013.

Physical Description: xiv, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series: The North's Civil War

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introduction: The Fugitive Slave Issue on the Edge of Freedom -- South Central Pennsylvania, Fugitive Slaves, and the Underground Railroad -- Thaddeus Stevens' Dilemma, Colonization, and the Turbulent Years of Early Antislavery in Adams County, 1835-39 -- Antislavery Petitioning in South Central Pennsylvania -- The Fugitive Slave Issue on Trial : The 1840s in South Central Pennsylvania -- Controversy and Christiana : The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1850-51 -- Interlude: Kidnapping, Kansas, and the Rise of Race-Based Partisanship : The decline of the Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1852-57 -- Revival of the Fugitive Slave Issue, 1858-61 -- Contrabands, "White Victories," and the Ultimate Slave Hunt : Recasting the Fugitive Slave Issue in Civil War South Central Pennsylvania -- After the Shooting : South Central Pennsylvania after the Civil War -- Conclusion: The Postwar Ramifications of the Fugitive Slave Issue "On the Edge of Freedom" -- Appendix A: Selected Fugitive Slave Advertisements, 1818-28 -- Appendix B: 1828 South Central Pennsylvania Petition Opposing Slavery in the District of Columbia -- Appendix C: 1847 Gettysburg African American Petition -- Appendix D: 1846 Adams County Petition -- Appendix E: 1861 Franklin County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix F: 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix G: [Second] 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix H: 1861 Doylestown, Bucks County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix I: 1861 Newtown, Bucks County Pro-Personal Liberty Law Petition.

Subjects: Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania; African Americans - Pennsylvania; Antislavery movements - Pennsylvania; Abolitionists - Pennsylvania; Underground Railroad - Pennsylvania.; Borderlands - Pennsylvania; Abolitionists.; African Americans.; Antislavery movements.; Borderlands.; Fugitive slaves.; Fugitive slaves; Race relations.; Underground Railroad.; Pennsylvania - Race relations - History - 19th century.; Pennsylvania.; History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 326 S645

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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/600e943b-630b-4106-a8a0-129760802340

Excavations at the Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith site, Lancaster, Pennsylvania : archaeological evidence for the Underground Railroad

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2019

The ground swallowed them up : slavery and the underground railroad in York County, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20585

Growing up free and black in mid-nineteenth century Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22297

Websites

History of the Underground Railroad in Chester and the neighboring counties of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15186

In search of Robert Boston : race and resistance in Antebellum Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22292

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Letter

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Letter

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On the edge of freedom : the fugitive slave issue in south central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19541