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Menominee County Historical Society; Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society; Michilimackinac Historical Society; Midland County Historical Society; Mid-Michigan Railway Historical Society [2] Milan Area Historical Society; Milford Historical Society; Millersburg Area Historical Society; Millington-Arbela Historical Society
Lucy Stanton was born free, the only child of Margaret and Samuel Stanton, on October 16, 1831. [4] When her biological father Samuel, a barber, died when she was only 18 months old, Stanton's mother married John Brown, [5] an abolitionist famous around Cleveland, Ohio, for his participation in the Underground Railroad.
The list of Underground Railroad sites includes abolitionist locations of sanctuary, support, and transport for former slaves in 19th century North America before and during the American Civil War. It also includes sites closely associated with people who worked to achieve personal freedom for all Americans in the movement to end slavery in the ...
The history of African-American entrepreneurship in Detroit dates back to the early 20th century. The Great Migration brought many African Americans from the rural South to urban centers like ...
Category:African-American abolitionists; John Brown's raiders#Black participation; List of notable opponents of slavery; Slavery in the United States; Texas Revolution; Underground Railroad; United States Colored Troops
(British, aka Abolition Society) Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery Throughout the British Dominions, 1823–1838 (British, aka Anti-Slavery Society) Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage (American) Society of the Friends of the Blacks (Société des Amis des Noirs) (French) Testonites (British)
The others — the Western branch YMCA at 1601 Clark St. in southwest Detroit and the Fisher branch YMCA at 2051 W. Grand Blvd. — were as of September both owned by prominent Detroit landlord ...
The Michigan Anti-Slavery Society, also called Michigan State Anti-Slavery Society, was founded on November 10, 1836, in Ann Arbor of the Michigan Territory (1805–1837). The first meeting was held at the First Presbyterian Church on East Huron Street. [ 1 ]