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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): | |||
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Andover Homes involved with the Underground Railroad: | |||
*William Jenkins – 8 Douglass Street (formerly Jenkins Road) | |||
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*Holt Cogswell House – 373 South Main Street | |||
*Mark Newman House – 210 Main Street on the Phillips Academy Campus | |||
*Stowe House – 80 Bartlett Street | |||
*William Poor and Sons Wagon Factory - 66 Poor Street. William Poor and his sons built carriages with false bottoms for transporting slaves to freedom. | |||
*Free Christian Church – 31 Elm Street. 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. | |||
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See | See | ||
*" | *"Jenkins House Station for Escaping Slaves," ''Andover Townsman'', March 22, 1956. | ||
*"Antislavery Movement was Active in Andover," ''Andover Townsman'', June 20, 1996, p.20 | |||
*" | *"Underground Railroad stopped here," ''Eagle Tribune'', February 20, 1998, p. 15. | ||
*" | *"Andover’s Home was but one Stop on the Underground Railroad," ''Andover Townsman'', October 26, 2000. | ||
*" | *"Historian: Not Everyone in Andover Backed Abolition of Slavery Before the Civil War", Townsman, July 17, 2003, p. 11, 12. | ||
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*[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. | |||
*"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. | |||
*[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://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). | |||
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--[[User:Eleanor|Eleanor]] 16:06, January 16, 2008 (EST)<br> | |||
--[[User:Eleanor|Eleanor]] | --[[User:Leslie|Leslie]] 17:41, July 18, 2012 (EDT)<br> | ||
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Revision as of 14:10, 9 April 2015
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 involved with the Underground Railroad:
- William Jenkins – 8 Douglass Street (formerly Jenkins Road)
- Holt Cogswell House – 373 South Main Street
- Mark Newman House – 210 Main Street on the Phillips Academy Campus
- Stowe House – 80 Bartlett Street
- William Poor and Sons Wagon Factory - 66 Poor Street. William Poor and his sons built carriages with false bottoms for transporting slaves to freedom.
- Free Christian Church – 31 Elm Street. 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
- "Jenkins House Station for Escaping Slaves," Andover Townsman, March 22, 1956.
- "Antislavery Movement was Active in Andover," Andover Townsman, June 20, 1996, p.20
- "Underground Railroad stopped here," Eagle Tribune, February 20, 1998, p. 15.
- "Andover’s Home was but one Stop on the Underground Railroad," Andover Townsman, October 26, 2000.
- "Historian: Not Everyone in Andover Backed Abolition of Slavery Before the Civil War", Townsman, July 17, 2003, p. 11, 12.
- “Andover:Symbol of New England” by Claude Fuess, (974.45 Fuess), p. 314.
- "The William Jenkins House," The Townswoman's Andover by Bessie Goldsmith (974.45 Gol), p. 20.
- 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).
--Eleanor 16:06, January 16, 2008 (EST)
--Leslie 17:41, July 18, 2012 (EDT)
--Kim 14:53, July 28, 2014 (EDT)
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