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Dresden, Ontario
Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History
The settlement of a leading abolitionist who inspired one of America's most influential novels.
Boston, Massachusetts
Lewis and Harriet Hayden House
Former home of an abolitionist couple who escaped slavery and established the most active Underground Railroad stop in Boston.
Osawatomie, Kansas
John Brown Memorial Park and Museum
Explore the cabin where the famed abolitionist once lived and the site where he fought the Battle of Osawatomie.
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Podcast: John Brown’s Farm
A monument to a famed abolitionist and the fight for Black suffrage.
Charles Town, West Virginia
Gibson-Todd House
This striking Victorian Home with its 113-foot turret is best known as the site where abolitionist John Brown was executed in 1859.
Washington, D.C.
Charlotte Forten Grimké House
The historic home of an educator, abolitionist, activist, and poet.
Boston, Massachusetts
Leonard A. Grimes Residence
The Boston home of a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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The Legend of a Cave and the Traces of the Underground Railroad in Ohio
In 1892, a newspaper described a cave that sheltered 21 formerly enslaved people. Ohioans are still looking for it.
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