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Because many in the community were dedicated to the anti-slavery movement the Underground Railroad had several stops in the homes of Andover. <br><br>
The Andover Teacher's Seminary was established using an unrestricted bequest from William Phillips II. A progressive institution for it's time, it was only the second teacher training program in the United States. It featured  chemistry and physics laboratories and a library of 805 volumes.  
Andover Homes:
 
*William Jenkins – 8 Douglass St (formerly Jenkins Road)
Samuel Read Hall was the first principal, who is credited with developing respected educational philosophies, as well as inventing the first blackboard and eraser.
**"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)
Frederick Law Olmstead was a student.
**[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.
Due to lack of continuing funding the school closed its doors in 1842.
*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.
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**William Poor and his sons built carriages with false bottoms for transporting slaves to freedom.
*"The preacher behind Andover Teachers Seminar," ''Andover Townsman'', April 9, 2015, p. 15.
*Free Christian Church – 31 Elm St.
*"Andover Teachers Seminary: A Short-Lived Lesson Ahead of its Time. Andover Townsman, March 2, 2015, page 19.
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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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The Andover Teacher's Seminary was established using an unrestricted bequest from William Phillips II. A progressive institution for it's time, it was only the second teacher training program in the United States. It featured chemistry and physics laboratories and a library of 805 volumes.

Samuel Read Hall was the first principal, who is credited with developing respected educational philosophies, as well as inventing the first blackboard and eraser.

Frederick Law Olmstead was a student.

Due to lack of continuing funding the school closed its doors in 1842.


See

  • "The preacher behind Andover Teachers Seminar," Andover Townsman, April 9, 2015, p. 15.
  • "Andover Teachers Seminary: A Short-Lived Lesson Ahead of its Time. Andover Townsman, March 2, 2015, page 19.



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