John Parker (1827-1900) was a freedom seeker and Underground Railroad operative in Ripley, Ohio.
ESSAYS: Churchill // Miller // Sinha //
ROLES: Freedom Seeker // UGRR Operative
John Parker House, Ripley, OH (National Park Service)
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John Parker was a Quaker merchant in New Bedford, Massachusetts who assisted freedom seekers to escape by water from Norfolk, Virginia.
ESSAYS: Newby-Alexander
ROLES: UGRR Operative
Lewis Pettijohn was an antislavery activist in Sardinia, Ohio.
ESSAYS: Churchill
ROLES: UGRR Operative
Robert Purvis (1810-1898) was a Black abolitionist and one of the leaders of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee.
ROLES: UGRR Operative
David Putnam Jr. was an Underground Railroad activist near Marietta, Ohio.
ESSAYS: Churchill
ROLES: UGRR Operative
John Rankin (1793-1886) was an abolitionist, Presbyterian minister, and Underground Railroad activist.
ESSAYS: Barker // Churchill // Sinha
ROLES: UGRR Operative
Enoch Reed (ca. 1813-1853) was an African American activist who helped rescue Jerry Henry from federal custody in Syracuse, New York on October 1, 1851. Federal authorities convicted Reed for violating the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, but Reed died while awaiting his appeal.
ESSAYS: Finkelman
ROLES: UGRR Operative
Rowland T. Robinson was a Vermont Underground Railroad activist.
ESSAYS: Grover
ROLES: UGRR Operative
Alexander Ross was a botanist in Belleville, Canada who assisted freedom seekers from the US.
ESSAYS: Barker
ROLES: UGRR Operative
David Ruggles (1810-1849) was a Black abolitionist who founded the New York Committee of Vigilance in 1835, which organized aid to freedom seekers passing through New York City. In 1838, Ruggles assisted Frederick Douglass during his escape and advised Douglass to journey to New Bedford.
ESSAYS: Barker //Crew // Foner // Grover // Sinha
ROLES: UGRR Operative