Jacob C. White (1806-1872) was a Black barber and member of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee.
ESSAYS: Sinha
ROLES: UGRR Operative
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Enoch Whittemore was a thread and spool manufacturer in Ashburnham, Massachusetts who sheltered and employed freedom seeker Josiah Thomas, his wife, and their child.
ESSAYS: Grover
ROLES: UGRR Operative
Isaac Williams escaped from Ayler’s slave pen in Richmond, Virginia in 1854, and resettled in St. Catharines, Canada.
ESSAYS: Newby-Alexander
ROLES: Freedom Seeker
John Williams was a freedom seeker from Kentucky who later resettled in Massachusetts.
ESSAYS: Grover
ROLES: Freedom Seeker
Henry Williamson was a freedom seeker interviewed by abolitionist Benjamin Drew in Canada during the 1850s.
ESSAYS: Cohen
ROLES: Freedom Seeker
Passmore Williamson (1822-1895) was a Quaker abolitionist from Philadelphia famous for his role in the 1855 rescue of Jane Johnson.
ROLES: UGRR Operative
Michael Willis served as president of the Anti-Slavery Society of Canada.
ESSAYS: Barker
ROLES: Abolitionist
Hiram Wilson was an abolitionist and educator who lived in Upper Canada.
ESSAYS: Barker
ROLES: Abolitionist