Clandestine network of abolitionists who, often at great personal peril, housed and transported escaped American slaves in their journey toward freedom in the Northern states or Canada.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| John Brown |
Activist |
9-May-1800 |
2-Dec-1859 |
Led the raid on Harpers Ferry |
| Levi Coffin |
Activist |
28-Oct-1798 |
16-Sep-1877 |
Helped thousands of slaves to freedom |
| Martin R. Delany |
Activist |
6-May-1812 |
24-Jan-1885 |
Black nationalist |
| Frederick Douglass |
Activist |
Feb-1817 |
20-Feb-1895 |
Anti-slavery activist and autobiographer |
| Moses Farmer |
Inventor |
9-Feb-1820 |
25-May-1893 |
Invented the fire alarm, electric trolley |
| Thomas Garrett |
Activist |
21-Aug-1789 |
25-Jan-1871 |
Underground Railroad |
| Frances E. W. Harper |
Poet |
24-Sep-1825 |
22-Feb-1911 |
Abolitionist, temperance activist |
| J. Miller McKim |
Activist |
14-Nov-1810 |
13-Jun-1874 |
Abolitionist and advocate for freed slaves' rights |
| Lucretia Mott |
Activist |
3-Jan-1793 |
11-Nov-1880 |
Women's rights and anti-slavery advocate |
| Harriet Forten Purvis |
Activist |
1810 |
11-Jun-1875 |
African-American abolitionist |
| Robert Purvis |
Activist |
4-Aug-1810 |
15-Apr-1898 |
"President" of the Underground Railroad |
| William Henry Seward |
Politician |
16-May-1801 |
10-Oct-1872 |
Mastermind behind Seward's Folly |
| Gerrit Smith |
Activist |
6-Mar-1797 |
28-Dec-1874 |
Anti-slavery and temperance reformer |
| William Still |
Activist |
7-Oct-1819 |
14-Jul-1902 |
Father of the Underground Railroad |
| Harriet Tubman |
Activist |
c. 1821 |
10-Mar-1913 |
Underground Railroad |
| Thomas B. Welch |
Business |
31-Dec-1825 |
29-Dec-1903 |
Grape juice magnate |
