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Abolition & Underground RR Topic
By Mark Hilton, March 11, 2017
Frederick Douglass Hall
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
| Near University Avenue 0.2 miles east of Booker T. Washington Boulevard. |
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Named for Frederick Douglass, famed runaway slave, abolitionist and statesman. Douglass came to Tuskegee in 1892 and delivered the 11th Annual Commencement address in which he "urged economy, thrift and common sense." Those words of Douglass . . . — — Map (db m101908) HM |
| On Octavia Street at Bush Street, on the right when traveling south on Octavia Street. |
| | Mother of Civil Rights in California.
She supported the western terminus of the underground railway for fugitive slaves, 1850-1865. This legendary pioneer once lived on this site and planted these six trees.
Placed by the San . . . — — Map (db m85557) HM |
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The significance of 1514 Blake St. lies in its connection to the remarkable life of black pioneer Barney Ford. Ford was born a slave on January 22, 1822 in Stafford, Virginia, but escaped to Chicago, where he worked with the underground railroad . . . — — Map (db m118597) HM |
| On Main Street (Connecticut Route 10) at School Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | Known in the 1800’s as “the hub” of Connecticut’s Underground Railroad, Farmington was home to an active group of prominent and outspoken abolitionists, several of whom were involved in state, national and international anti-slavery . . . — — Map (db m95984) HM |
| On Main Street at Gold Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street. |
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First speech in Hartford on the grounds of this Church May 18, 1843
"[We found several towns in which people closed their doors and refused to entertain the subject. Notably among those were Hartford, Conn., and Grafton, Mass. . . . — — Map (db m151933) HM |
| Near Main Street near Gold Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | John Haynes
1594 – 1654
Of Copford Hall. Essex England. Third Governor of Massachusetts. A founder of this commonwealth & its first Governor. A lover of religious liberty. A man trusted and honored.
Near this place he was buried & by . . . — — Map (db m44068) HM |
| On John Brown Road 1 mile west of Town Farm Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | John Brown, the abolitionist, was born at this site on May 9, 1800. He dedicated his life to ending slavery in the United States. Brown became a spokesperson for those abolitionists who believed that slavery could only be eliminated by force. He is . . . — — Map (db m30187) HM |
| On Main Street (Connecticut Route 154) at Winter Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | The Underground Railroad
Led by George Read, Founder of the Town’s Ivory Industry, Deep River Became Known in the Nineteenth Century as "All Abolitionist" and a Refuge for Runaway Slaves on the Underground Railroad. In 1828, Daniel Fisher, a . . . — — Map (db m100312) HM |
| On Broad Street at William Street, on the left when traveling south on Broad Street. |
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On this site, on a spring evening in 1834, a violent mob descended on a small group of Middletown residents who had come together to work towards abolishing slavery. The abolitionists, both black and white citizens, were members of the newly . . . — — Map (db m71118) HM |
| On Church Street at Court Street, on the right when traveling north on Church Street. |
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“Make Us Free”
This monument is a memorial to the 1839 Amistad Revolt and its leader, Sengbe Pieh, also known as Joseph Cinque. Sengbe Pieh was one of the millions of Africans kidnapped from their homes and . . . — — Map (db m48428) HM |
| On Greenmanville Avenue (Connecticut Route 27) at Rossie Street, on the right when traveling south on Greenmanville Avenue. |
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This house was built in 1839 for George and Abigail Greenman. He was the oldest of the three brothers who founded the George Greenman & Co. Shipyard. The three brothers lived here until Clark Greenman built his house next door on your right in . . . — — Map (db m114829) HM |
| On U.S. 13 at E. Camden-Wyoming Ave. (Delaware Route 10) on U.S. 13. |
| | Founded 1783 on the tract “Brecknock” by Daniel Mifflin and settled largely by Quakers. Once called Piccadilly and Mifflins Cross Roads. Incorporated 1852, it was a center of anti-slavery sentiment. Several homes were by tradition stops . . . — — Map (db m39508) HM |
| On East Camden-Wyoming Ave.. |
| | This house of worship, built in 1805, was first a Preparative Meeting under the care of Motherkiln (Murderkill) Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). In 1830, Camden Monthly Meeting was formed by uniting with Motherkiln and . . . — — Map (db m39513) HM |
| On East Camden-Wyoming Ave.. |
| | Chief engineer of the Underground Rail Road in the State of Del. and the richest man in Del. He was convicted and fined in 1846 by the U.S. Dist. Court, later he was fined twice for $10,000.00 each by Del. but was advised the fines wouldn't be . . . — — Map (db m39514) HM |
| | Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church-The roots of this congregation can be traced to 1845, when a group of local residents met to formally organize Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church. With several churches established in the area by free . . . — — Map (db m141317) HM |
| On West North Street just east of South Governors Avenue (Alternate U.S. 13), on the left when traveling east. |
| | These two words say a great deal about Dover. It is a modern and growing city entering the 21st century on a foundation of achievement built over more than 300 years of American history.
And a rich history it is. Founded by William Penn in . . . — — Map (db m142501) HM |
| On South State Street just from Quaker Hill Road. |
| | A native of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Mifflin came to Delaware as a young man. Born into a slaveholding Quaker family, he manumitted his own slaves in 1774-75 and later became one of America's foremost abolitionists of the 18th century. As an elder . . . — — Map (db m39456) HM |
| On Willow Grove Road (Delaware Route 10) at Henry Cowgill Road (Delaware Route 10), on the left when traveling north on Willow Grove Road. |
| | Samuel D. Burris, a free African-American conductor on the Underground Railroad resided in the Willow Grove area during the 1840s. He helped enslaved people find their pathway to freedom in Philadelphia. Caught for aiding and abetting runaway slaves . . . — — Map (db m142503) HM |
| On East Main Street (County Route 299) near Dove Run Blvd, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Near this location were the farms of John Alston (1794-1872) and John Hunn (1818-1894), cousins who shared the Quaker faith and were well documented operatives on Delaware's Underground Railroad. John Alston sometimes employed fugitives as laborers . . . — — Map (db m88341) HM |
| On Main Street 0.1 miles west of US 13 South, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Believed to be one of the smallest Quaker Meeting Houses in the nation, the Appoquinimink Friends Meeting House was built in 1785 by David Wilson and presented to the Friends as a gift. Local tradition identifies this structure as a stop on the . . . — — Map (db m10308) HM |
| On Smyrna Landing Road 0.2 miles south of Paddock Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Built in the mid-eighteenth century by Captain David Clark, Clearfield Farm was the home of his grandson John Clark (1761 -1821), Governor of Delaware from 1817 -1820. John Clark served as Colonel in the Delaware Militia and as Justice of the Peace . . . — — Map (db m69112) HM |
| On S. Main Street at King Street, on the right when traveling east on S. Main Street. |
| | By the late 1700s the institution of slavery was declining in Delaware. A changing economy and the active efforts of Quakers and Methodists had led to the manumission of many slaves and dramatic growth of the state’s free black population. Though . . . — — Map (db m10950) HM |
| On Rosa Parks Drive east of South Market Street (Business U.S. 13), on the right when traveling east. |
| | "I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other."
Born on Maryland's eastern shore, Harriet Tubman's family of eleven suffered the . . . — — Map (db m130473) HM |
| On 4th Street at West Street, on the right when traveling west on 4th Street. |
| | Grew from New-Wark Meeting established 1682. Present house is third in this vicinity. Friends School begun here in 1748 has operated continuously. Among 3,000 buried in yard are founders of Wilmington, John Dickinson, "Penman of the Revolution," and . . . — — Map (db m10943) HM |
| On Rosa Parks Drive east of South Market Street (Business U.S. 13), on the right when traveling east. |
| | "For the sake of peace, love, and nothing but that..."
referring to the break with the Asbury Methodist Church of Wilmington,
Reverend Peter Spencer
The August Quarterly, originally known as the Big Quarterly, is the oldest . . . — — Map (db m130484) HM |
| On South Market Street (Business U.S. 13) south of South Shipley Street, on the right. |
| | "I write to let thee know that Harriet Tubman is again in these parts..."
Thomas Garrett to William Still, December 1, 1860
The Underground Railroad was a network of people—whites, free blacks, fugitive slaves, Native . . . — — Map (db m130494) HM |
| On 4th Street at Shipley Street, on the right when traveling east on 4th Street. |
| | Born August 21, 1789, in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, Garrett came to Wilmington in 1822. A prominent merchant, his home and business were located nearby on Shipley Street. Garrett was committed to the anti-slavery efforts of his Quaker faith. He is . . . — — Map (db m67356) HM |
| On 5th Street at Washington Street, on the left when traveling west on 5th Street. |
| | The first Meeting House on this site was built in 1738. It was replaced in 1748 when a larger building was constructed. The old Meeting House was then converted into a school. Known as Wilmington Friends School, it was relocated to a new facility in . . . — — Map (db m10941) HM |
| On Market Street just south of High Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In October 1856, famed Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman organized what is considered by Tubman scholars to be "one of her most complicated and clever escape attempts." Working at the request of a fiancé who had escaped to Canada, Tubman . . . — — Map (db m138271) HM |
| Near W Street Southeast at 14th Street Southeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Also known as Cedar Hill, this site encompasses the estate owned by Frederick Douglass from 1877 until his death in 1895. In honor of Douglass’ work as an author, orator, abolitionist, statesman, and civil rights leader, this site is designated a . . . — — Map (db m40846) HM |
| On W Street Southeast at 14th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east on W Street Southeast. |
| | This imposing property once belonged to Anacostia’s most famous resident: Frederick Douglass. After escaping slavery as a young man, Douglass rose to become a distinguished abolitionist, writer, publisher, and orator. By the 1860s Douglass was . . . — — Map (db m88723) HM |
| On Anacostia Drive 0.3 miles east of Good Hope Road Southeast, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The "Freedmen's Bureau" acquired 375 acres of land that was originally a tobacco plantation from the Barry Family in the late 1800's. In 1867, the land was named Hillsdale by African Americans who came to Washington in great numbers before and . . . — — Map (db m141635) HM |
| Near E Street Southeast 0.1 miles east of Potomac Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Patriot John Smilie (1741-1812) joined the militia when the Revolutionary War began, leaving his Pennsylvania farm in the care of his wife. He was elected to the Pennsylvania state legislature in 1784. A vocal abolitionist, Smilie was instrumental . . . — — Map (db m141886) HM |
| Near E Street Southeast just east of Potomac Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling east. |
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Historic Congressional Cemetery is the final resting place of four significant contributors to the Underground Railroad.
William Boyd
John Dean
David A. Hall
Hannibal Hamlin
— — Map (db m141883) HM |
| On North Capitol Street Northwest at R Street Northwest on North Capitol Street Northwest. |
| | Organized 1832.
2nd Church Built 1833.
Admitted to Philadelphia-Baltimore Conference, 1837.
3rd Church Built 1888.
Relocated present site, 1956.
Bishop Raymond Luthe Jones, Presiding Bishop, 4th Episcopal District.
Dr. William B. . . . — — Map (db m11042) HM |
| Near A Street Northeast east of Frederick Douglas Court Northeast, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Orator - Publisher - Statesman
Precursor of the Civil Rights Movement
An ex-slave who rose to world renown as an abolitionist and who served in high government posts under presidents Grant through Cleveland, Frederick Douglass resided in this . . . — — Map (db m69264) HM |
| On East Capitol Street Northeast at 12th Street Northeast, in the median on East Capitol Street Northeast. |
| | In grateful memory of Abraham Lincoln. This monument was erected by the Western Sanitary Commission of Saint Louis, Mo., with funds contributed solely by emancipated Citizens of the United States declared free by his Proclamation, January 1st . . . — — Map (db m41617) HM |
| Near Frederick Douglass Court Southeast north of Bruce Place Southeast. Reported unreadable. |
| | Three years after he escaped enslavement, Douglass gave a brief speech at an anti-slavery meeting in New Bedford, Massachusetts. This lecture would be the beginning of a repertoire of speeches that built Frederick Douglass's reputation as one of the . . . — — Map (db m129792) HM |
| On Frederick Douglass Court Southeast north of Bruce Place Southeast, on the right when traveling north. |
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Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey fled enslavement in Maryland on September 3, 1838. His escape route included travel by train, ferry, and steamboat through Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New York. Each tree in Escape Allée represents . . . — — Map (db m129785) HM |
| Near Frederick Douglass Court Southeast north of Bruce Place Southeast. |
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Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey arrived in New York with the aid of a free woman named Anna Murray. She followed him to New York, and eleven days after his arrival, they married. The couple continued to settle in New Bedford, Massachusetts, . . . — — Map (db m129790) HM |
| Near Frederick Douglass Court Southeast north of Bruce Place Southeast. |
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From his 1841 speech at a Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society convention, until 1895 when he died suddenly at his Cedar Hill home in Washington, D.C., Frederick Douglass championed human rights. This memorial grove of scarlet oaks represent the . . . — — Map (db m129791) HM |
| On K Street Northwest (U.S. 29) at 11th Street Northwest (U.S. 29), on the right when traveling east on K Street Northwest. Reported permanently removed. |
| | "...watch yourselves closely
so that you do not forget the things
your eyes have seen...
...teach them
to your children
and to their children
and to their children after them."
Deuteronomy 4:9
Stories . . . — — Map (db m70316) HM |
| On K Street Northwest (U.S. 29) at 11th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west on K Street Northwest. |
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"...watch yourselves closely
so that you do not forget the things
your eyes have seen...
...teach them
to your children
and to their children
and to their children
after them."
Deuteronomy 4:19
Stories . . . — — Map (db m143564) HM |
| On New York Avenue Northwest (U.S. 50) west of H Street Northwest. |
| | "The churches are needed
as never before
for divine services."
President Abraham Lincoln
So said President Lincoln from his pew in New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. While other churches were occupied by . . . — — Map (db m32926) HM |
| On P Street Northwest at 17th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west on P Street Northwest. Reported unreadable. |
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Fire Fact, November 28, 1911
DC's first motorized fire engine was placed in service at Engine Company 24. Its engine house was the first to be built without a stable and manure pit.
Caption: Fire Department information and images . . . — — Map (db m112658) HM |
| On Connecticut Avenue Northwest south of Dupont Circle Northwest, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Images Courtesy Of: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division • DC Public Library, Washingtoniana Division • Heurich House Museum • Women's National Democratic Club Archives • Michael Cianciosi Private Collection, Potomac Bottle . . . — — Map (db m110851) HM |
| On R Street Northwest at 21st Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on R Street Northwest. |
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From 1890 to 1910, some of the nation’s finest architects built mansions at or near Dupont Circle in Queen Anne, Richardsonian Romanesque, Italian Renaissance or Colonial Revival style.
Wealthy couples living elsewhere built most of the . . . — — Map (db m89393) HM |
| On H Street Northwest at 22nd Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on H Street Northwest. |
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Leonard A. Grimes, a Black man born free in Leesburg, Virginia, owned a residence on this corner from 1836 to 1846.
In the 1830s, he owned a successful coach business transporting passengers in and around Washington. He also carried slaves . . . — — Map (db m46970) HM |
| On P Street Northwest at 27th Street Northwest on P Street Northwest. |
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You are standing in the heart of a once thriving African American community. At the time of the American Revolution in 1776, one third of Georgetown's population was African American. By the time of the Civil War in the 1860s, many former slaves . . . — — Map (db m110018) HM |
| On D Street Northwest west of 5th Street Northwest, on the right. |
| | “Liberty and Union,
now and forever,
one and inseparable,”
Senator Daniel Webster, January 1830
Senator Daniel Webster, eloquent advocate for the preservation of the Union and a political giant . . . — — Map (db m29708) HM |
| On P Street Northwest at Logan Circle Northwest, on the left when traveling east on P Street Northwest. |
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The house at #4 Logan Circle, built in 1878, was the 1880's home of Senator John A. Logan. In the Civil War, Logan's military valor helped to save the Union. In the postwar era, Logan lived here as a political leader deeply committed to achieving . . . — — Map (db m153985) HM |
| On 4th Street Northwest at New York Avenue Northwest (U.S. 50), on the right when traveling south on 4th Street Northwest. |
| | The wooden chapel here was completed in 1857 as a mission of the McKendree Methodist Church. Known as Fletcher Chapel, it may have been a stop on the Underground Railroad.
Washington's Anti-Saloon League began meeting at Fletcher Chapel in . . . — — Map (db m130898) HM |
| On 3rd Street Northwest just north of H Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Second Baptist Church was organized in 1848 by seven members of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church. Under the leadership of the Reverend Sandy Alexander — eventually one of the country's best-known black Baptist ministers — the church . . . — — Map (db m152617) HM |
| On Yuma Street Northwest at 39th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Yuma Street Northwest. |
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Designated a D.C. Landmark in 1960, the Rest (pictured here) is Tenleytown's oldest residence (built around 1800) and is located at the corner of Windom Place and 39th Street. Local legend maintains that the bricks for the house were brought over . . . — — Map (db m112187) HM |
| Near Lincoln Drive Northwest north of Upshur Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north. |
| | President Lincoln and his family lived in this country home for over a quarter of his presidency. Escorted by his cavalry guard, Lincoln rode to the White House every morning either on horseback or by carriage, and returned here each evening to . . . — — Map (db m52838) HM |
| On 6th Street Northwest at Indiana Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling south on 6th Street Northwest. |
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To your right at the end of Indiana Avenue is Washington's first City Hall/Courthouse. Across Sixth Street is the H. Carl Moultrie I Courthouse, a successor to the original courthouse. The Old City Hall/Courthouse opened in 1822, with . . . — — Map (db m56124) HM |
| On 15th Street Northwest north of Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling north. |
| | A Famed orator and writer Frederick Douglass was also a key architect of the movement that ended slavery, the very institution into which he was born. Even after his goal to abolish slavery was achieved, Douglass persisted in his struggle for . . . — — Map (db m92084) HM |
| On G Street Northwest east of 14th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Harriet Tubman escaped a life of slavery only to return south, at her own peril, time and again, to lead more than 300 fugitive slaves through the Underground Railroad to safety and freedom. After the Civil War, Tubman raised money to clothe and . . . — — Map (db m91877) HM |
| On 14th Street Northwest at F Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north on 14th Street Northwest. |
| | Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) was a poet, author, composer, abolitionist, suffragist and more—but she is most remembered for writing the lyrics to The Battle Hymn of the Republic. According to the story, she and her husband were asleep at the . . . — — Map (db m141266) HM |
| On 7th Street Northwest south of F Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north. |
| | “It is known to you that events
have transpired within the last few days,
deeply affecting the peace and character
of our community.”
With these words, city officials tried to calm the angry mobs gathering on this . . . — — Map (db m25271) HM |
| On Independence Avenue Southwest west of 7th Street Southwest, on the right when traveling east. |
| | "...in view from the windows of the Capitol, a sort of negro-livery stable, where droves of negroes were collected, temporarily kept, and finally taken to Southern markets …had been openly maintained for fifty years." Abraham Lincoln (1846) . . . — — Map (db m129921) HM |
| On 7th Street Southwest at Maine Avenue Southwest, in the median on 7th Street Southwest. Reported missing. |
| | Before the Civil War, Washington was a slave-holding city. But many of its citizens–especially free blacks and abolitionists–assisted freedom seekers at locations known as stops on the Underground Railroad.
The largest . . . — — Map (db m112455) HM |
| On Wharf Street Southwest at 7th Street Southwest, on the right when traveling west on Wharf Street Southwest. |
| | In 1848, in the largest recorded escape attempt by slaves in US history, 77 men, women, and children attempted to flee on the 65-foot schooner Pearl, but were recaptured due to opposing winds. — — Map (db m112420) HM |
| Near District Square Southwest west of Wharf Street Southwest, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In April 1848, the largest slave escape attempt on record in the Unites States took place at the Southwest Waterfront. Seventy-seven men, women, and children boarded the schooner Pearl to sail to freedom, but were ultimately recaptured. The . . . — — Map (db m110136) HM |
| On 15th Street Northwest just south of Constitution Avenue Northwest (U.S. 50), on the left when traveling north. |
| | Welcome to the Reading Grove
This space provides a place to meet, rest, read, and reflect. Live oaks have long harbored gatherings, from religious services and classes to community celebrations.
Witness Trees
Trees that were . . . — — Map (db m143315) HM |
| On 15th Street Northwest just south of Constitution Avenue Northwest (U.S. 50), on the left when traveling south. |
| | Building the Nation
The use of live oaks played a critical role in helping the nation grow from a colony to what it became—the United States of America. Ships were an essential means of transportation for moving people and products, and . . . — — Map (db m143312) HM |
| On W Street Northwest west of 14th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling east. |
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When the lists of African American “firsts” are read, Mary Ann Shadd Cary’s name is everywhere. Born in Delaware to a free Black abolitionist family, Cary (1823-1893) moved to Canada in 1850 and ran a racially integrated school. Her . . . — — Map (db m61813) HM |
| On U Street Northwest at 17th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on U Street Northwest. |
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Police Call Boxes such as this one (originally painted blue) were installed in the District after the Civil War. Officers on foot patrol used this secure telegraph system to contact the station, accessing the box with a now highly collectible . . . — — Map (db m129486) HM |
| On NE Cholokka Boulevard at Northeast Magnolia Avenue, in the median on NE Cholokka Boulevard. |
| | Moses Elias Levy (1782-1854), a Moroccan born Jewish merchant, came to Florida after its cession from Spain to the United States in 1821. Before his arrival, Levy acquired over 50,000 acres in East Florida. In 1822, Levy began development on . . . — — Map (db m93854) HM |
| Near Cape Florida Park Boulevard at South Crandon Boulevard, on the left when traveling south. |
| | In the early 1820's, enslaved Africans, runaways, and "Black Seminoles" seeking freedom from slave catchers and plantation masters, secretly worked their way down to CAPE FLORIDA. They met with bold captains of sloops from the British Bahamas who . . . — — Map (db m79723) HM |
| On Fort Mose Trail east of N. Ponce de Leon Blvd. (U.S. 1). |
| | Great Seal of the State of Florida:"In God We Trust"
On the shore of Robinson Creek, ¼ mile east of this marker, was the site of a Spanish mission for Indians left homeless during Queen Anne's War. Since 1688, Negro slaves . . . — — Map (db m126969) HM WM |
| On Blanco Street north of South Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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St. Augustine’s most famous garage building began its life long before the automobile age. The crack running down the east wall from top to bottom shows the original length of the structure, before it was enlarged in the 1920s for automobile and . . . — — Map (db m154602) HM |
| Near Islands Expressway (U.S. 80), on the left when traveling east. |
| | On April 13, 1862, following the Union capture of Ft. Pulaski during the Civil War, Maj. Gen. David Hunter issued General Orders No. 7 freeing those enslaved at the fort and on Cockspur Island. Hunter, an abolitionist advocating the enlistment of . . . — — Map (db m13830) HM |
| On Andrew Drive (County Route 41) 0.1 miles from Spring Street (Georgia Route 47), on the right when traveling west. |
| | James Osgood Andrew was born in Wilkes County, Georgia, on May 5, 1794, about 400 yards N.E. of this marker, the son of Rev. John Andrew and Mary Cosby Andrew. He was licensed to preach in the Ellam Methodist Episcopal Church, Broad River Circuit, . . . — — Map (db m17257) HM |
| On 5th Street north of Maine Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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Lincoln: ". . . I have no purpose directly or indirectly to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so. And I have no inclination to do so."
Douglas: ". . . Mr. . . . — — Map (db m156831) HM |
| On 24th Street (Illinois Route 96) at Jersey Street, on the left when traveling south on 24th Street. |
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On an August night in 1842, Dr. Richard Eells, an active Quincy Abolitionist in the 1830-40's, was transporting a runaway slave named Charley to a safer location when his carriage was stopped near this spot by a posse searching for Charley. . . . — — Map (db m156857) HM |
| | "I regard (Richardson) as one of the truest men that ever lived; he 'sticks to judge Douglas through thick and thin" (A. Lincoln, 1860). Douglas composed the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act. William A. Richardson, another Quincyan and Douglas' . . . — — Map (db m58760) HM |
| On 5th Street north of Maine Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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Lincoln: We oppose the Dred Scott Decision, . . . because we think that it lays the foundation not merely of enlarging and spreading that evil [slavery] but that it lays the foundation of spreading that evil into the states themselves . . . . . . — — Map (db m156830) HM |
| On Maine Street at 5th Street on Maine Street. |
| | On November 1, 1854 an incensed Lincoln attacked the immorality of slavery in a speech at Kendall Hall. Lincoln was awakened from a five-bear political slumber by Douglas's Kansas-Nebraska Act, attacking it in a series of speeches in . . . — — Map (db m149831) HM |
| On 5th Street south of Hampshire Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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Lincoln: ". . . reduced to its lowest element, slavery is no other than that between the man that thinks slavery is wrong and those who do not think it wrong. . . . We think it is a moral, a social, and a political wrong. . . . [Douglas] has, . . . — — Map (db m156822) HM |
| On 5th Street south of Hampshire Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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Douglas: "Let each state mind its own business, and let its neighbors alone - then there will be no trouble on this question. . . . If we will stand by that great principle, then Mr. Lincoln will find that this Republic can exist forever . . . — — Map (db m156824) HM |
| On 5th Street south of Hampshire Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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Lincoln: ". . . there is no reason in the world why the Negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence . . . . I hold that . . . in the right to eat the bread . . . which his own hand earns he is . . . — — Map (db m156821) HM |
| On South 4th Street (Illinois Route 57). |
| | "Who shall say, I am the superior, and you are the inferior?" asked Lincoln in July 1858. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates focused on slavery. During the October 13th Quincy debate Lincoln affirmed: "...in the right to eat the bread . . . — — Map (db m58798) HM |
| On 5th Street north of Maine Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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Lincoln: "We also oppose [slavery] as an evil so far as it seeks to spread itself. We insist upon a policy that shall restrict it to its present limits. We do not suppose on doing this that we infringe upon the Constitution. . . . . . — — Map (db m156828) HM |
| On 3rd Street (Illinois Route 127) at Main Street, on the right when traveling north on 3rd Street. |
| | Illinois Confederacy Indians roamed this prairie land, rich in game, which became Illinois County of Virginia. Ceded in 1784 to the United States it was successively included in the Northwest, Indiana; and in 1809, Illinois Territory. Formed in . . . — — Map (db m34169) HM |
| On East Peru Street (U.S. 6), on the right when traveling west. |
| | This two-story frame structure was the home of abolitionist Owen Lovejoy, who was born in Maine in 1811. Lovejoy moved into the house in 1838, when he became a Congregationalist minister. He was leader in the formation of the Republican Party in . . . — — Map (db m44351) HM |
| On 1st Street at East Park Street, on the left when traveling north on 1st Street. |
| | The First Congregational Church, built in 1855-56, was popularly known as the “Goose Pond” Church, because the site was once a water-filled area, home to flocks of wild geese and ducks. The church became a meeting center for numerous . . . — — Map (db m31118) HM |
| On North Pike Street north of Illinois Route 133, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This was the home of Dr. Hiram Rutherford, who was involved in 1847 in a case in which Abraham Lincoln represented a slaveholder. Rutherford and Gideon Ashmore harbored a family of slaves who had sought their help. The slaves belonged to Robert . . . — — Map (db m30877) HM |
| On North Pike Street north of Illinois Route 133, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Top Section
Dr. Hiram Rutherford was a key person involved in Abraham Lincoln’s famous slave case, the only instance in his career where Lincoln represented the rights of a slave owner. Robert Matson brought slaves from Kentucky to work his . . . — — Map (db m30867) HM |
| On 50 West Main Street (Illinois Route 15) at North 4th Street (Illinois Route 130), on the right when traveling east on 50 West Main Street. |
| | To Morris Birkbeck
Who in 1817 with George Flower founded the English settlement in Edwards County This memorial is erected by the Department of Illinois Woman's Relief Corps Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic "In respect and gratitude . . . — — Map (db m154631) HM |
| On 4th Street near Gallatin Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | At the beginning of Lincoln's second term as a state representative, several southern legislatures were concerned that the Federal Government would abolish slavery in the District of Columbia. Most of the members of the Illinois Legislature . . . — — Map (db m42490) HM |
| On Lodge Boulevard, on the right when traveling east. |
| | An outspoken abolitionist, Lovejoy was owner and publisher of the Alton "Observer". His anti-slavery writings aroused dangerous animosity in the area. Three times his presses were destroyed by mobs, and replaced by the townspeople. The fourth time . . . — — Map (db m142763) HM |
| Near North State Street (U.S. 67) at County Road 1350N, on the right when traveling north. |
| | You are standing in what once was known as Hickory Grove, a tiny settlement that included three log cabins and the Red House.
The four-room Red House, built in 1827, was the first frame home in this area. In 1830, the Red House was converted to . . . — — Map (db m142827) HM |
| On Main Street (Illinois Route 72) east of 8th Street (Illinois Route 21), on the left when traveling west. |
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This New England style farmhouse was built circa 1848, by Samuel Wilder to resemble his former New York State home. Robert and Lucy Duff purchased this property in 1868; however, historians claim they lived at this location during the Civil War . . . — — Map (db m94312) HM |
| On South Third Street at West Main Street, on the left when traveling south on South Third Street. |
| | Allan Pinkerton, famous detective, had his home and cooperage on this lot, 1844-1850. Here he sheltered and employed slaves escaping to freedom. After helping to capture some counterfeiters, he became deputy sheriff of Kane County in 1848. In 1850 . . . — — Map (db m55485) HM |
| On South Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | On October 7, 1858, Abraham Lincoln and Stephan A. Douglas met in Galesburg for the fifth of seven joint debates. From a platform erected along the east side of Old Main on the Knox College campus, Lincoln said: "He is blowing out the moral lights . . . — — Map (db m37056) HM |
| On South Cherry Street just south of East South Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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[Left panel]
Lincoln and Douglas
debated here on October 7, 1858.
Their joint meeting was one of seven across Illinois as they
contested Stephen A. Douglas's seat in the Senate that summer and fall. Here in . . . — — Map (db m150565) HM |
| On Kilbourne Road 0.1 miles north of Old Grand Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Mother Rudd Home is the oldest building in Warren Township. It served as a stagecoach stop, inn, tavern and post office. After the organization of the township in 1850, it was the official town hall and all caucuses and elections were held here. . . . — — Map (db m55519) HM |
| On La Salle Street (Illinois Route 23) at Jackson Street, on the right when traveling north on La Salle Street. |
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First Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Abraham Lincoln's first heated exchanged with Stephen A. Douglas on Aug 21, 1858 in Ottawa was received coolly by his advisors. They insisted Lincoln had treated Douglas entirely too "tenderly." . . . — — Map (db m65302) HM |
| On Columbus Street (Illinois Route 71) 0 miles south of Lafayette Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m65297) HM |
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