Leonard Grimes was the pastor of Twelfth Baptist Church in Boston who assisted freedom seekers.
ESSAYS: Grover // LaRoche // Pinsker
ROLES: Abolitionist // UGRR Operative
Rev. Leonard Grimes ( House Divided Project)
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Dr. Ellwood Harvey was an abolitionist who assisted freedom seeker Anna Maria Weems to escape from Washington, DC.
ESSAYS: Larson
ROLES: UGRR Operative
Laura Haviland (1808-1898) was a Michigan abolitionist and Underground Railroad operative.
ESSAYS: Barker // Crew // Larson // Sinha
ROLES: UGRR Operative
Harriet (1816-1893) and Lewis Hayden (1811-1889) fled slavery and became key leaders in Boston’s antislavery vigilance network. In 1844, the Haydens (Lewis, Harriet, and Harriet’s son from a previous marriage) escaped from Kentucky with Harriet’s five year old son Joe thanks to help from white abolitionists Calvin Fairbank and Delia Webster, who faced lengthy jail time for their role in helping the Haydens. Harriet and Lewis went to Detroit and Canada, before eventually relocating to Boston. There, the Haydens became active members of Boston’s antislavery vigilance committee, sheltering freedom seekers (most famously William and Ellen Craft) and openly defying the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act. The Haydens remained active in the Underground Railroad and Republican politics through the Civil War. In 1873, Lewis Hayden won election to a single term in the Massachusetts state legislature.
ESSAYS: Barker // Blackett //Crew // Cohen // Grover // Larson // LaRoche // Miller // Sinha
ROLES: Abolitionist // Freedom Seeker // UGRR Operative
Lewis and Harriet Hayden (NPS)
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
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