In October 1835, abolitionist and reverend Samuel May was to give a lecture at the Congregational Church in Montpelier, VT. Before he spoke, signs were posted ... (read more)
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This is the house where Barnabas Ellis sheltered fugitive slaves, as described by his son Zenas H. Ellis. Zenas described to Wallingford, Vermont Parent Teacher Association ... (read more)
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This is an example of a letter of introduction, which was often sent with fugitive slaves making their way along the underground railroad. This letter was ... (read more)
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On this map of Bennington, Vermont is the house of Charles Hicks, a Vermonter who helped a fugitive slave sent to him by Abel Brown, the ... (read more)
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William Slade, originally of Cornwall, Vermont, graduated from Middlebury College in 1807. Slade served in a variety of local political offices in Vermont before being elected ... (read more)
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This is the title page of the address given by Oliver Johnson to the first annual meeting of the Vermont Anti-Slavery Society in Middlebury, Vermont. Johnson, ... (read more)
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This is the church where Oliver Johnson (1809-1889), originally of Peacham, Vermont, addressed the first annual meeting of the Vermont Anti-Slavery Society in 1835. Johnson was ... (read more)
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This floor plan for the second Vermont State House, drawn by Ammi B. Young, shows the Vermont Secretary of State's Office, located on the Southwest corner ... (read more)
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Louden Langley was born a freeman in Hinesburg, Vermont in 1836. He fought in the Civil War as a member of the 54th Mass. (Colored Reg.) ... (read more)
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A letter written by William Lloyd Garrison to Oliver Johnson and published in the Second Annual Report of the Vermont Anti-Slavery Society recounts a case over ... (read more)
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This is the courthouse building in which Judge Theophilus Harrington of Clarendon, Vermont, presided over the case of a slaveholder seeking to extradite a fugitive slave. ... (read more)
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The second Vermont State House in Montpelier, Vermont was witness to a number of events related to the abolitionist cause. In 1835, noted abolitionist lecturer Reverend ... (read more)
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Jonathan Peckham Miller was born in Randolph, Vermont, in 1847. He served in the US army from 1817-1821, then entered the Greek War for Independence from ... (read more)
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Thaddeus Stevens was born in Danville, Vermont, on April 4, 1792. He suffered from many hardships during his childhood, including a club foot. His father Joshua ... (read more)
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Roadside marker erected by the State of Vermont in Danville, Vermont, to commemorate the birthplace of abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens. According to the Vermont Division for Historic ... (read more)
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The Caledonia County Grammar School (Peacham Academy) was chartered in 1795, the third County grammar school in Vermont. Classes commenced in 1797. Thaddeus Stevens, abolitionist and ... (read more)
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