George and Susan Hilliard lived in Boston, where George served as a U.S. commissioner. Rather than enforce the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, George and Susan sheltered freedom seekers and in October 1850 tipped off freedom seekers Ellen and William Craft about efforts to recapture them.
ESSAYS: Grover
ROLES: Judicial Officer // UGRR Operative
Erastus Hopkins was the president of the Connecticut River Railroad and used his position to assist freedom seekers.
ESSAYS: Grover
ROLES: UGRR Operative
Joseph Hornblower (1777-1864) was the chief justice of New Jersey who defended the state’s personal liberty law while calling into question the federal 1793 Fugitive Slave Act.
ROLES: Antislavery Politician // Judicial Officer
Weston Howland was a Quaker merchant in New Bedford, Massachusetts who assisted freedom seekers to escape by boat from Virginia.
ESSAYS: Newby-Alexander
ROLES: UGRR Operative
John Hudson was a free African American and Underground Railroad operative who lived near Ripley, Ohio.
ROLES: UGRR Operative
John Hunn (1818-1894) was a Quaker abolitionist in Delaware who often worked in tandem with Thomas Garrett. In 1848, federal prosecutors convicted Hunn of violating the 1793 Fugitive Slave Act and fined him $2,500 in damages.
ESSAYS: Sinha
ROLES: UGRR Operative
Seth Hunt was the clerk of the Connecticut River Railroad and used his position to aid freedom seekers.
ESSAYS: Grover
ROLES: UGRR Operative
Erastus Hussey was an Underground Railroad activist in Battle Creek, Michigan.
ESSAYS: Johnson
ROLES: UGRR Operative
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