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Abolition & Underground RR Topic

 
By Mark Hilton, March 11, 2017
Frederick Douglass Hall
1 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee Institute — Frederick Douglass Hall — 1904 —
2 ► Alaska, Juneau Borough, Juneau, Downtown Juneau — William Henry Seward —
3 ► Arkansas, Washington County, Fayetteville, Downtown Fayetteville — Nelson Hackett — National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program —
4 ► California, Riverside County, Riverside, Downtown Riverside — Eliza Lovell Tibbets — 1825 - 1898 — Sower's Dream —
5 ► California, San Francisco City and County, San Francisco, Fort Mason — John Charles Frιmont and “Manifest Destiny” — Golden Gate National Recreation Area — Reported damaged
6 ► California, San Francisco City and County, San Francisco, Japantown — Mary Ellen Pleasant Memorial Park — 1814 - 1904 —
7 ► Colorado, Denver County, Denver, Central — Barney Ford Building — 1863 — Lower Downtown Walking Tour —
8 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Farmington — Farmington and the Freedom Trail —
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9 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford — Emancipation — Preston Jackson, 2006 — Lincoln Financial Sculpture Walk at Riverfront —
10 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, Hartford, Downtown — Frederick Douglass —
11 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, New Britain — GR2 — Tales from the City / New Britain Water Department — / An engineering marvel — New Britain Historic Walking Trail —
12 ► Connecticut, Capitol Region, West Hartford — CT4 — Jude — Witness Stone —
13 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Deep River, Deep River Center — The Underground Railroad —
14 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Middletown — The Abolitionist Movement —
15 ► Connecticut, Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Old Lyme — OL28 CT119 — Warwick — Witness Stone — 1723-1793 —
16 ► Connecticut, Northwest Hills Region, Torrington — John Brown Birthplace —
17 ► Connecticut, South Central Region, Guilford, Guilford Center — Beecher House — 1770 —
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18 ► Connecticut, South Central Region, Guilford, Guilford Center — Third Congregational Church — 1844 —
19 ► Connecticut, South Central Region, New Haven, Downtown — “Make Us Free” — Amistad Memorial —
20 ► Connecticut, South Central Region, New Haven, Downtown — Jehudi Ashmun —
21 ► Connecticut, South Central Region, New Haven, Dwight — Roger Sherman Baldwin — A New Haven notable —
22 ► Connecticut, South Central Region, New Haven, Dwight — Simeon Jocelyn — A New Haven notable —
23 ► Connecticut, South Central Region, New Haven, Wooster Square — Jocelyn Square — Reported damaged
24 ► Connecticut, Southeastern Region, New London — "Do you want to be slave or free?" —
25 ► Connecticut, Southeastern Region, New London — First Step to Freedom —
26 ► Connecticut, Southeastern Region, New London — 6 — Haley Houses & Racial Diversity — Hempstead Historic Neighborhood —
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27 ► Connecticut, Southeastern Region, New London — Hempstead Historic District —
28 ► Connecticut, Southeastern Region, New London — Middle Passage to New London —
29 ► Connecticut, Southeastern Region, New London — The Amistad Incident — Galvanizing Abolitionists —
30 ► Connecticut, Southeastern Region, New London — The Amistad — Black Heritage Trail City of New London —
31 ► Connecticut, Southeastern Region, North Stonington — The Connecticut African American Freedom Trail —
32 ► Connecticut, Southeastern Region, Stonington, Mystic — Captain Paul Cuffe, 1759 - 1817 — The Sea Connects Us — Mystic Seaport Museum —
33 ► Connecticut, Southeastern Region, Stonington, Mystic — George Greenman House — Mystic Seaport Museum —
34 ► Connecticut, Southeastern Region, Stonington, Mystic — Mystic Has a Complex and Engaging History. — The Sea Connects Us — Mystic Seaport Museum —
35 ► Connecticut, Southeastern Region, Stonington, Mystic — Thomas Downing, Oyster King — The Sea Connects Us — Mystic Seaport Museum —
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36 ► Connecticut, Southeastern Region, Stonington, Mystic — Waterways to Freedom - Maria Weems and Leah Green — The Sea Connects Us — Mystic Seaport Museum —
37 ► Connecticut, Western Region, New Milford — "A Rough Road to Freedom" — Underground Railroad in New Milford Installed 2012 — New Milford Historical Society & Museum —
38 ► Connecticut, Western Region, New Milford — History of the Underground Railroad — "A Rough Road to Freedom" — Ray Crawford —
39 ► Delaware, Kent County, Camden, Camden Wyoming — John Hunn — 1814 - 1894 — Quaker Abolitionist —
40 ► Delaware, Kent County, Camden, North Murderkill Hundred — KC-133 — Brinkley Hill —
41 ► Delaware, Kent County, Camden, North Murderkill Hundred — KC-41 — Camden —
42 ► Delaware, Kent County, Camden, North Murderkill Hundred — KC-73 — Camden Friends Meeting — Burial Place of John Hunn —
43 ► Delaware, Kent County, Camden, North Murderkill Hundred — KC-110 — Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church —
44 ► Delaware, Kent County, Dover, East Dover Hundred — Continuity & Progress — Historically Happening — Dover, Delaware —
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45 ► Delaware, Kent County, Dover, East Dover Hundred — The Dickinsons in Delaware — Welcome to the John Dickinson Plantation — First State National Historical Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
46 ► Delaware, Kent County, Dover, East Dover Hundred — The John Bell House — First State Heritage Park —
47 ► Delaware, Kent County, Magnolia, South Murderkill Hundred — KC-91 — Warner Mifflin — 1745 - 1798 — Reported permanently removed
48 ► Delaware, Kent County, Magnolia, South Murderkill Hundred — KC-91 — Warner Mifflin 1745-1798 —
49 ► Delaware, Kent County, Willow Grove, North Murderkill Hundred — KC-118 — Samuel D. Burris —
50 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Middletown, Saint George's Hundred — NC-210 — Former Site of the Alston and Hunn Farms —
51 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Newark, Iron Hill Park — The Civil War 1861 - 1865 — Iron Hill Museum & Science Center — Delaware Academy of Science —
52 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Odessa, Saint George's Hundred — NC-90 — Appoquinimink Friends Meeting House —
53 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Smyrna, Blackbird Hundred — NC-89 — Clearfield Farm —
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54 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington — "The Rocks" and the Underground Railroad — The Delaware Underground Railroad —
55 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington — NCC-248 — Abraham Shadd Family —
56 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington — Escape by Sea — Wilmington's Maritime Underground Railroad —
57 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, Quaker Hill — NC-76 — Meeting House 1816 — Religious Society of Friends —
58 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, Quaker Hill — NC-88 — Thomas Garrett — Stationmaster on the Underground Railroad —
59 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, Quaker Hill — NC-125 — Wilmington Friends Meeting — Burial Place of Thomas Garrett —
60 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, Riverfront — NC-128 — Freedom Lost — Reported permanently removed
61 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, Riverfront — NCC-128 — Freedom Lost —
62 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, Riverfront — Harriet Tubman — (born Araminta Harriet Ross; 1820 - March 10, 1913) —
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63 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, Riverfront — The Big Quarterly — Riverfront Wilmington — Reported permanently removed
64 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, Riverfront — The Big Quarterly — Riverfront Wilmington —
65 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, Riverfront — The Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park —
66 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, Riverfront — The Underground Railroad — Riverfront Wilmington —
67 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, Riverfront — The Underground Railroad —
68 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, Riverfront — Thomas Garrett — (b. August 21, 1789 - d. January 24, 1871) —
69 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Georgetown, Georgetown Hundred — Delaware Citizens Who Fought for the South — Reported permanently removed
70 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Georgetown, Georgetown Hundred — Delaware Citizens Who Fought for the South —
71 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Milton, Broadkill Hundred — 326 Union Street —
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72 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Seaford, Seaford Hundred — SC-233 — Gateway to Freedom: The Tilly Escape —
73 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Capitol Hill — Frederick Douglass — (1817 - 1895) —
74 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Capitol Hill — Freedmen’s Memorial Monument to Abraham Lincoln — or Freedom’s Memorial —
75 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Resilience and Resistance — Hallowed Ground — Rock Creek Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
76 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Seeking Freedom — Hallowed Ground — Rock Creek Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
77 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Soldiers, Sailors, and Refugees of War — Hallowed Ground — Rock Creek Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
78 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Bloomingdale — Metropolitan Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church — The Gate Way to Freedom —
79 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Cardozo — President Abraham Lincoln Signing the Emancipation Proclamation —
80 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Downtown — W.3 — Asbury United Methodist Church — Civil War to Civil Rights — Downtown Heritage Trail — Reported permanently removed
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81 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Downtown — W.3 — Asbury United Methodist Church — Civil War to Civil Rights — Downtown Heritage Trail —
82 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Downtown — W.4 — New York Avenue Presbyterian Church at Herald Square — Civil War to Civil Rights — Downtown Heritage Trail — Reported permanently removed
83 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Downtown — W.4 — New York Avenue Presbyterian Church at Herald Square — Civil War to Civil Rights — Downtown Heritage Trail —
84 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Downtown — The Stevens School Augmented Reality Exhibit at 2100 L Street —
85 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Downtown — W.5 — The United States Treasury — Civil War to Civil Rights — Downtown Heritage Trail —
86 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Downtown — Written with Water — The Story of Franklin Park — National Mall and Memorial Parks, Franklin Park —
87 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — After the Civil War — Dupont Circle — Diverse Visions | One Neighborhood — Reported unreadable
88 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — Dupont Circle Mural Key — Reported permanently removed
89 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — 336 — From 1890 to 1910 — Dupont Circle — Diverse Visions | One Neighborhood —
90 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Foggy Bottom — Leonard A. Grimes — (1815 - 1873) —
91 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — "The bramble and trees…had made them invisible" —
92 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — Herring Hill —
93 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — Mt. Zion Cemetery / Female Union Band Society Cemetery — 2527 Q Street Northwest —
94 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Judiciary Square — e.1 — Senator Daniel Webster — Civil War to Civil Rights — Downtown Heritage Trail — Reported permanently removed
95 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Judiciary Square — e.3 — Senator Daniel Webster —
96 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Kalorama Triangle — The Courage of Hortense Prout / La valentνa de Hortense Prout — National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom —
97 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Logan Circle — John Logan House — A Memorial to General and Senator John A. Logan — Champion in the Struggle to Preserve the Union and Establish Racial Justice in America —
98 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Logan Circle — John Logan House — A Memorial to General and Senator John A. Logan — Champion in the Struggle to Preserve the Union and Establish Racial Justice in America —
99 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Mount Vernon Square — 15 — On the Path — Midcity at the Crossroads — Shaw Heritage Trail —
100 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Mount Vernon Square — Second Baptist Church — 816 Third Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

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