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There were several stops on Underground Railroad in Andover. <br><br>
Several Andover residents were killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill:
 
*Samuel Bailey
A brief history of the Underground Railroad from The Underground Railroad in Massachusetts by William H. Seibert (1936):
*William Haggett
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*Joseph Chandler
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*Philip Abbot
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*Salem Poor
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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 - 1852-1862
*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.
* Reverend Ralph Waldo Emerson's House - 210 Main Street - From 1829-1853
* West Parish Church, Reservation Road and Lowell Street - Meeting place of the West Parish Anti-Slavery Society.
 
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Two of the soldiers were Black, Salem Poor and Philip Abbot.  A commerative stamp was issued in honor of Salem Poor.
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*"Jenkins House Station for Escaping Slaves," ''Andover Townsman'', March 22, 1956.
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=103693&t=historical%20sketches%20of%20andover&tp=title&l=5&d=1&hc=5&rt=title ''Historical Sketches of Andover'',] by Sarah Loring Bailey, page 321-327 (974.45 Bai) .
*"Antislavery Movement was Active in Andover," ''Andover Townsman'', June 20, 1996, p.20
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=287137&t=andover%20in%20the%20revolution&tp=title&d=0&hc=1&rt=title ''Andover in the American Revolution''] by Edward Moseley Harris, page 55 (R974.Har).
*"Underground Railroad stopped here," ''Eagle Tribune'', February 20, 1998, p. 15.
*"Salem Poor: A Brave and Gallant Soldier," ''National Historical Park Service Flyer'', (images below).
*"Andover’s Home was but one Stop on the Underground Railroad," ''Andover Townsman'', October 26, 2000.
*"Salem Poor's heroism and disappointing life," ''Andover Townsman'', February 7, 2013, p.11.
*"Historian: Not Everyone in Andover Backed Abolition of Slavery Before the Civil War", Townsman, July 17, 2003, p. 11, 12.
*"Salem Poor (1743/44-1802: A Forgotten Hero of Bunker Hill Rediscovered", New England Ancestors, Fall 2007.
 
*[[Image:Salem_Poor,_page_1.jpg|thumb|... ''Salem Poor: A Brave and Gallant Soldier, page 1''... click to enlarge|left]]
 
*[[Image:Salem_Poor,_page_2.jpg|thumb|... ''Salem Poor: A Brave and Gallant Soldier, page 2''... click to enlarge|left]]
*[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]] 12:36, May 16, 2006 (EDT)<br>
--[[User:Leslie|Leslie]] 17:41, July 18, 2012 (EDT)<br>
--[[User:Kim|Kim]] 14:49, February 25, 2013 (EST)
--[[User:Kim|Kim]] 14:53, July 28, 2014 (EDT)


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Revision as of 14:23, 9 April 2015

Several Andover residents were killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill:

  • Samuel Bailey
  • William Haggett
  • Joseph Chandler
  • Philip Abbot
  • Salem Poor

Two of the soldiers were Black, Salem Poor and Philip Abbot. A commerative stamp was issued in honor of Salem Poor.

See

  • Historical Sketches of Andover, by Sarah Loring Bailey, page 321-327 (974.45 Bai) .
  • Andover in the American Revolution by Edward Moseley Harris, page 55 (R974.Har).
  • "Salem Poor: A Brave and Gallant Soldier," National Historical Park Service Flyer, (images below).
  • "Salem Poor's heroism and disappointing life," Andover Townsman, February 7, 2013, p.11.
  • "Salem Poor (1743/44-1802: A Forgotten Hero of Bunker Hill Rediscovered", New England Ancestors, Fall 2007.
  • ... Salem Poor: A Brave and Gallant Soldier, page 1... click to enlarge
  • ... Salem Poor: A Brave and Gallant Soldier, page 2... click to enlarge


--Eleanor 12:36, May 16, 2006 (EDT)
--Kim 14:49, February 25, 2013 (EST)

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