James Miller McKim (1810-1874) was an abolitionist, graduate of the Dickinson College class of 1828, who edited the antislavery Pennsylvania Freeman and assumed a leadership role in the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee.
ROLES: Abolitionist // UGRR Operative
John Berry (1789-1854) and Mary Meachum (1801-1869) were free African Americans and Underground Railroad activists in St. Louis. John Berry was an African American minister in the city, while Mary continued to aid freedom seekers and promote African American education after her husband’s death.
ROLE: Abolitionist // UGRR Operative
Harriet and Stephen Myers were Black abolitionists who sheltered freedom seekers in their Albany, New York home.
ESSAYS: Sinha
ROLES: UGRR Operative
James W.C. Pennington (1807-1870) was a freedom seeker and African American minister also known as James Pembroke.
ESSAYS: Blackett // Crew // LaRoche
ROLES: Abolitionist // Freedom Seeker
James W.C. Pennington (NYPL)
Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) was a leading abolitionist from Massachusetts
ESSAYS: Miller
ROLES: Abolitionist
Wendell Phillips (House Divided Project)
William P. Powell was a Black abolitionist who operated the Colored Seamen’s Boarding House in New York City.
ESSAYS: Foner
ROLES: Abolitionist
Charles Bennett Ray was an African American minister and editor of the Colored American.
ESSAYS: LaRoche
ROLES: Abolitionist
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