From the National Park Service and Dickinson College

Category: Abolitionist Page 1 of 7

Abbott, Anderson Ruffin

Anderson Ruffin Abbott was an African American doctor from Canada.

ESSAYS: Barker

ROLES: Abolitionist

Allen, Richard

Richard Allen (1760-1831) was a freedom seeker who founded and served as the first bishop of the AME church in Philadelphia.

ESSAYS: LaRoche

ROLES: Abolitionist

Anderson, Elijah

Elijah Anderson was a free Black Underground railroad activist in Madison, Indiana.

ESSAYS: Barker // Churchill

ROLES: Abolitionist // UGRR Operative

Anderson, John

John Anderson was a freedom seeker who escaped to Canada.

ESSAYS: Jackson

ROLES: Abolitionist // Freedom Seeker

Anderson, Osborne Perry

Osborne Perry Anderson was an African American involved in John Brown’s 1859 Harpers Ferry Raid.

ESSAYS: Barker

ROLES: Abolitionist // UGRR Operative

Augusta, Alexander Thomas

Alexander Thomas Augusta was an African American doctor and abolitionist in Canada.

ESSAYS: Barker

ROLES: Abolitionist

Bibb, Henry

Henry Bibb was a freedom seeker who escaped from Kentucky, which he recounted in his Narrative (1849). Bibb resettled in Canada where he remained active in abolitionist circles.

ESSAYS: Blackett // Barker // Crew

ROLES: Abolitionist // Freedom Seeker

Birney, James

James Birney (1792-1857) was an abolitionist and two-time presidential candidate of the Liberty Party.

ESSAYS: Sinha

ROLES:  Abolitionist // Antislavery Politician

Birney

James Birney (Library of Congress)

 

 

Blevens, John

John Blevens was an abolitionist convicted of slave stealing in Virginia.

ESSAYS: Sinha

ROLES: Abolitionist // UGRR Operative

Bowditch, William Ingersoll

William Ingersoll Bowditch was an abolitionist who assisted freedom seekers from Boston.

ESSAYS: Grover

ROLES: Abolitionist // UGRR Operative

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