Lord Ashburton, Alexander Baring was a British official who negotiated the 1842 Treaty of Washington under instructions not to make any concessions for the rendition of freedom seekers who reached British soil.
ESSAYS: Barker
ROLES: Antislavery Politician
James Birney (1792-1857) was an abolitionist and two-time presidential candidate of the Liberty Party.
ESSAYS: Sinha
ROLES: Abolitionist // Antislavery Politician
James Birney (Library of Congress)
Lawrence Brainerd was a US senator from Vermont and investor in steamboats and railroads who lived in St. Albans, Vermont, where he helped freedom seekers escape by steamboat and railroad north.
ESSAYS: Grover
ROLES: Antislavery Politician // UGRR Operative
Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873) was an antislavery lawyer and politician, Ohio senator, governor, US secretary of the Treasury, and Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court.
ROLES: Antislavery Politician
John Hale was an antislavery US senator from New Hampshire and the Free Soil Party’s 1852 presidential candidate.
ESSAYS: Oakes
ROLES: Antislavery Politician
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
John Jay II (1817-1894) was an antislavery attorney in New York City.
ESSAYS: Foner
ROLES: Antislavery Politician
John and Mary Jones were abolitionists in Chicago. In 1865, John won election as a commissioner for Cook County, Illinois.
ESSAYS: Sinha
ROLES: Antislavery Politician // UGRR Operative
Chauncey L. Knapp served as Vermont’s secretary of state and actively assisted freedom seekers.
ESSAYS: Grover
ROLES: Antislavery Politician // UGRR Operative
Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th president of the United States.
ESSAYS: Barker // Harrold // Oakes
ROLES: Antislavery Politician
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