Abigail and James Gibbons were Quaker abolitionists who sheltered freedom seekers in their New York City home.
ESSAYS: Foner
ROLES: UGRR Operative
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Jacob Gibbs was a free African American and Underground Railroad activist in Baltimore.
ESSAYS: Harrold
ROLES: UGRR Operative
Charlotte Giles was a freedom seeker from Baltimore who was interviewed by William Still in Philadelphia.
ESSAYS: Foner
ROLES: Freedom Seeker
Alexander Gilliland was an antislavery activist in Redoak, Ohio. In 1844, slave catchers beat Gilliland for his efforts to defend freedom seekers.
ESSAYS: Churchill
ROLES: UGRR Operative
John Gloucester was the minister of the First African Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia.
ESSAYS: LaRoche
ROLES: Abolitionist
Joshua Glover was a Missouri freedom seeker at the center of a pivotal fugitive slave case. In 1854, Milwaukee, Wisconsin abolitionists rescued him from federal custody. Efforts to prosecute Glover’s rescuers led to a lengthy standoff between Wisconsin state authorities and the federal government over the constitutionality of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act.
ESSAYS: Sinha
ROLES: Freedom Seeker
Dickinson Gorsuch (1827-1882) was the son of Maryland slaveholder Edward Gorsuch and wounded while trying to recapture four freedom seekers at Christiana, Pennsylvania.
ROLES: Slaveholder / Slave catcher
Edward Gorsuch (1795-1851) was a Maryland slaveholder killed while trying to recapture four freedom seekers at Christiana, Pennsylvania.
ESSAYS: Jackson // Oakes // Pinsker
ROLES: Slaveholder / Slave catcher
Ulysses S. Grant was a US general during the Civil War who later served as the 18th president of the United States, overseeing a critical period of Reconstruction.
ESSAYS: Barker
ROLES:
Samuel Green was an African American minister in Maryland accused of assisting freedom seekers. Unable to prove his Underground railroad activities, Maryland authorities still managed to convict Green for owning a copy of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
ESSAYS: Blackett
ROLES: UGRR Operative
Samuel Green (NYPL)