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There were several stops on Underground Railroad in Andover. <br><br> | |||
A brief history of the Underground Railroad from The Underground Railroad in Massachusetts by William H. Seibert (1936): | |||
[[Image:Underground 1.jpg|thumb|...''Underground Railroad by Seibert, p.1 of 3''.... click to enlarge|left]] | |||
[[Image:Underground 2.jpg|thumb|...''Underground Railroad by Seibert, p.2 of 3''.... click to enlarge|left]] | |||
[[Image:Underground 3.jpg|thumb|...''Underground Railroad by Seibert, p.3 of 3''.... click to enlarge|left]] | |||
Andover Homes: | Andover Homes: | ||
*William Jenkins – 8 Douglass St (formerly Jenkins Road) | *William Jenkins – 8 Douglass St (formerly Jenkins Road) | ||
**"The William Jenkins House," [http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=title&tp=title&t=townswoman%27s%20andover&ft=&l=1&d=0&f= ''The Townswoman's Andover''] by Bessie Goldsmith (974.45 Gol), p. 20 | **"The William Jenkins House," [http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=title&tp=title&t=townswoman%27s%20andover&ft=&l=1&d=0&f= ''The Townswoman's Andover''] by Bessie Goldsmith (974.45 Gol), p. 20 | ||
**"Andover’s Home was but one Stop on the | **"Andover’s Home was but one Stop on the Underground Railroad," Andover Townsman 10/26/2000 (This article is found in the Andover Vertical File under Underground Railroad) | ||
**[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=keyword&tp=keyword&t=andover%20symbol%20of%20new%20england%20fuess&ft=&l=1&d=0&f=&av= “Andover:Symbol of New England”] by Claude Fuess, (974.45 Fuess), p. 314 | **[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=keyword&tp=keyword&t=andover%20symbol%20of%20new%20england%20fuess&ft=&l=1&d=0&f=&av= “Andover:Symbol of New England”] by Claude Fuess, (974.45 Fuess), p. 314 | ||
**"Jenkins House Station for Escaping Slaves," Andvoer Townsman, March 22, 1956 (This Article can be found in the Jenkins Family File) | **"Jenkins House Station for Escaping Slaves," Andvoer Townsman, March 22, 1956 (This Article can be found in the Jenkins Family File) | ||
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*[http://www.andoverhistorical.org/SMI-Files/SMI-Slavery.htm Slavery/Abolitionist Movement/Underground Railroad] by the Andover Historical Society | *[http://www.andoverhistorical.org/SMI-Files/SMI-Slavery.htm Slavery/Abolitionist Movement/Underground Railroad] by the Andover Historical Society | ||
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=keyword&tp=keyword&t=west%20of%20shawsheen&ft=&l=1&d=0&f=&av= West of Shawsheen] by Eleanor Campbell, Andover Room 974.45 Cam, Chapter III "A Time of Sorrow", pages 21 to 31 | *[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=keyword&tp=keyword&t=west%20of%20shawsheen&ft=&l=1&d=0&f=&av= West of Shawsheen] by Eleanor Campbell, Andover Room 974.45 Cam, Chapter III "A Time of Sorrow", pages 21 to 31 | ||
*[http://www.nps.gov/sama/historyculture/upload/UGRRsm.pdf Abolitionists and the Underground Railroad in the Essex Natural Heritage Area,] ,published by the National Parks Service | *[http://www.nps.gov/sama/historyculture/upload/UGRRsm.pdf Abolitionists and the Underground Railroad in the Essex Natural Heritage Area,] ,published by the National Parks Service | ||
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=658286&t=andover%20underground%20railroad&tp=keyword&l=5&d=0&hc=2&rt=keyword The Anti-Slavery Movement and the Underground Railroad in Andover & Greater Lawrence, Massaschusetts] the Greater Lawrence Underground Railroad Committee. Andover Room R 974.45 Gre (pamphlet box 6) | *[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=658286&t=andover%20underground%20railroad&tp=keyword&l=5&d=0&hc=2&rt=keyword The Anti-Slavery Movement and the Underground Railroad in Andover & Greater Lawrence, Massaschusetts] the Greater Lawrence Underground Railroad Committee. Andover Room R 974.45 Gre (pamphlet box 6) | ||
*"Antislavery Movement was Active in Andover," Andover Townsman, June 20, 1996, p.20 | *"Antislavery Movement was Active in Andover," Andover Townsman, June 20, 1996, p.20 | ||
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--[[User:Eleanor|Eleanor]] 16:06, January 16, 2008 (EST)--[[User:Leslie|Leslie]] 17:41, July 18, 2012 (EDT) | --[[User:Eleanor|Eleanor]] 16:06, January 16, 2008 (EST)<br> | ||
--[[User:Leslie|Leslie]] 17:41, July 18, 2012 (EDT) | |||
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[[Category:Andover Answers Index]] | [[Category:Andover Answers Index]] | ||
Revision as of 10:13, 28 July 2014
There were several stops on Underground Railroad in Andover.
A brief history of the Underground Railroad from The Underground Railroad in Massachusetts by William H. Seibert (1936):
Andover Homes:
- William Jenkins – 8 Douglass St (formerly Jenkins Road)
- "The William Jenkins House," The Townswoman's Andover by Bessie Goldsmith (974.45 Gol), p. 20
- "Andover’s Home was but one Stop on the Underground Railroad," Andover Townsman 10/26/2000 (This article is found in the Andover Vertical File under Underground Railroad)
- “Andover:Symbol of New England” by Claude Fuess, (974.45 Fuess), p. 314
- "Jenkins House Station for Escaping Slaves," Andvoer Townsman, March 22, 1956 (This Article can be found in the Jenkins Family File)
- Holt Cogswell House – 373 South Main St.
- Mark Newman House – 210 Main St. on the Phillips Academy Campus
- Stowe House – 80 Bartlett St.
- William Poor and Sons Wagon Factory - 66 Poor St.
- William Poor and his sons built carriages with false bottoms for transporting slaves to freedom.
- Free Christian Church – 31 Elm St. This church was formed by John Smith and other Andover residents who did not think that other churches were making a strong stand against slavery.
See
- "Historian: Not Everyone in Andover Backed Abolition of Slavery Before the Civil War", Townsman, July 17, 2003, p. 11, 12.
- Slavery/Abolitionist Movement/Underground Railroad by the Andover Historical Society
- West of Shawsheen by Eleanor Campbell, Andover Room 974.45 Cam, Chapter III "A Time of Sorrow", pages 21 to 31
- Abolitionists and the Underground Railroad in the Essex Natural Heritage Area, ,published by the National Parks Service
- The Anti-Slavery Movement and the Underground Railroad in Andover & Greater Lawrence, Massaschusetts the Greater Lawrence Underground Railroad Committee. Andover Room R 974.45 Gre (pamphlet box 6)
- "Antislavery Movement was Active in Andover," Andover Townsman, June 20, 1996, p.20
--Eleanor 16:06, January 16, 2008 (EST)
--Leslie 17:41, July 18, 2012 (EDT)
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