Add to ORKGPhotographic reproduction of a portrait of Asbury Parker (b. 1830?). He was a fugitive slave who crossed into Ohio at Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, on his way to freedom in Canada. He is shown here wearing the slave clothes he escaped in. 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
Portrait of Thomas Thorne (b. 1809), who worked with his wife Mary C. Thorne to aid fugitive slaves ...
Zebulon Thomas kept fugitive slaves in his home, pictured here, which later became the public librar...
Photograph of a portrait depicting William Wright (1788-1865), who was a Quaker and station-keeper o...
Portrait of Thomas Barton and his wife, Sarah, who concealed fugitive slaves in the secret cellar of...
Engraved portrait depicting William Wells Brown (1815-1884), who was a fugitive slave born in Kentuc...
Fugitive slaves left Fairport Harbor to cross Lake Erie into Canada, where they could escape the bon...
Photomechanical reproduction of a portrait depicting Dr. Charles Volney Dyer (1808-1878), who was a ...
Portrait of John Mathew Watson (b. 1829), who was an operator on the Underground Railroad in Richmon...
Photomechanical reproduction of a portrait of Dr. John W. Posey, who was a member of the Executive C...
The group of fugitive slaves seen here escaped to freedom in Canada on the Underground Railroad and ...
Portrait of Alexander Milton Ross (1832-1897) of Madison County, New York, who would venture into th...
Ellen Craft was a fugitive slave from Macon, Georgia who, in 1848, escaped with her husband, William...
Benjamin Drew (1812-1903) was involved with the Underground Railroad in Plymouth, Massachusetts. In ...
Photograph of Dr. William Edwards, who was known in slavery as William Albert Beason. He escaped fro...
Modern photograph of a mill just south of Gettysburg, in Adams County, Pennsylvania, where fugitive ...
Portrait of Thomas Thorne (b. 1809), who worked with his wife Mary C. Thorne to aid fugitive slaves ...
Zebulon Thomas kept fugitive slaves in his home, pictured here, which later became the public librar...
Photograph of a portrait depicting William Wright (1788-1865), who was a Quaker and station-keeper o...
Portrait of Thomas Barton and his wife, Sarah, who concealed fugitive slaves in the secret cellar of...
Engraved portrait depicting William Wells Brown (1815-1884), who was a fugitive slave born in Kentuc...
Fugitive slaves left Fairport Harbor to cross Lake Erie into Canada, where they could escape the bon...
Photomechanical reproduction of a portrait depicting Dr. Charles Volney Dyer (1808-1878), who was a ...
Portrait of John Mathew Watson (b. 1829), who was an operator on the Underground Railroad in Richmon...
Photomechanical reproduction of a portrait of Dr. John W. Posey, who was a member of the Executive C...
The group of fugitive slaves seen here escaped to freedom in Canada on the Underground Railroad and ...
Portrait of Alexander Milton Ross (1832-1897) of Madison County, New York, who would venture into th...
Ellen Craft was a fugitive slave from Macon, Georgia who, in 1848, escaped with her husband, William...
Benjamin Drew (1812-1903) was involved with the Underground Railroad in Plymouth, Massachusetts. In ...
Photograph of Dr. William Edwards, who was known in slavery as William Albert Beason. He escaped fro...
Modern photograph of a mill just south of Gettysburg, in Adams County, Pennsylvania, where fugitive ...
Portrait of Thomas Thorne (b. 1809), who worked with his wife Mary C. Thorne to aid fugitive slaves ...
Zebulon Thomas kept fugitive slaves in his home, pictured here, which later became the public librar...
Photograph of a portrait depicting William Wright (1788-1865), who was a Quaker and station-keeper o...