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The | The Underground Railroad had several stops in the homes of Andover, as many in the community were dedicated to the anti-slavery movement. | ||
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Andover Homes: | |||
* | *William Jenkins – 8 Douglass St (formerly Jenkins Road) | ||
* | **"The William Jenkins House," [http://134.241.121.88/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=11389I5VR6171.20174&menu=search&aspect=subtab783&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=man&ri=33&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.ET&term=townswoman%27s+andover&aspect=subtab783&x=2&y=8#focus ''The Townswoman's Andover''] by Bessie Goldsmith (974.45 Gol), p. 20 | ||
* | **"Andover’s Home was but one Stop on the Undergroud Railroad," Andover Townsman 10/26/2000 (This article is found in the Andover Vertical File under Underground Railroad) | ||
* | **[http://134.241.121.88/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1169P2029LD12.6746&menu=search&aspect=subtab783&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=man&ri=&term=&index=.GW&aspect=subtab783&term=&index=.AW&term=andover+symbol+of+new+england&index=.ET&term=&index=.SW&x=0&y=0#focus “Andover:Symbol of New England”] by Claude Fuess, (974.45 Fuess), p. 314 | ||
* | *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. | |||
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Andover Verticle File - Underground Railroad contains many newspaper articles and other materials written about the role of Andover in rescuing slaves in the 1800s. | |||
* | *[http://www.nps.gov/archive/sama/indepth/pdfs/ugrr4.pdf "Abolitionists and the Underground Railroad in the Essex Natural Heritage Area,"] ,published by the National Parks Service | ||
* | *"Anti-Slavery Movement and the Underground Railroad in Andover & Greater Lawrence, Massachusetts" | ||
* | *"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) | |||
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Revision as of 17:18, 16 January 2008
The Underground Railroad had several stops in the homes of Andover, as many in the community were dedicated to the anti-slavery movement.
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 Undergroud 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
- 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.
Andover Verticle File - Underground Railroad contains many newspaper articles and other materials written about the role of Andover in rescuing slaves in the 1800s.
- "Abolitionists and the Underground Railroad in the Essex Natural Heritage Area," ,published by the National Parks Service
- "Anti-Slavery Movement and the Underground Railroad in Andover & Greater Lawrence, Massachusetts"
- "Antislavery Movement was Active in Andover," Andover Townsman, June 20, 1996, p.20
--Eleanor 16:06, January 16, 2008 (EST)
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