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William (1824–1900) and Ellen Craft (1826–1891), a married enslaved couple from Macon, Georgia, whose daring escape to the North in 1848 made them among the most famous fugitives from slavery in the country. William Harvey Carney (1840–1908), a soldier during the American Civil War who received the Medal of Honor after his escape from ...
Richard Ansdell, The Hunted Slaves, oil painting, 1861. One of the most notable runaway slaves of American history and conductors of the Underground Railroad is Harriet Tubman. Born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland, around 1822, Tubman as a young adult, escaped from her enslaver's plantation in 1849. Between 1850 and 1860, she ...
In 1860, they published a written account of their escape titled Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; Or, The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery. One of the most compelling of the many slave narratives published before the Civil War, their book reached wide audiences in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Peter (fl. 1863) (also known as Gordon, or "Whipped Peter", or "Poor Peter") was an escaped American slave who was the subject of photographs documenting the extensive scarring of his back from whippings received in slavery.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 December 2024. American slave, later abolitionist speaker and showman Henry Box Brown The Narrative of Henry Box Brown (1849) Born Henry Brown c. 1815 Louisa County, Virginia, US Died (1897-06-15) June 15, 1897 (aged 81–82) Toronto, Ontario, Canada Burial place Toronto Necropolis, Ontario, Canada ...
Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c. March 1822 [1] – March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and social activist. [2] [3] After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, [4] using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad.
Following her escape, Charity and Levin had 14 more children, of whom William was the youngest. Though these children were born in the free state of New Jersey, under Maryland and federal slave law, they were still legally slaves, as their mother was an escaped slave. According to New Jersey law, however, they were free. [6]
Thomas Garrett (August 21, 1789 – January 25, 1871) was an American abolitionist and leader in the Underground Railroad movement before the American Civil War.He helped more than 2,500 African Americans escape slavery.