William Lloyd Garrison was the author of the Liberator. Before and During the Civil War he was a highly active abolitionist who strongly supported the freeing of slaves, he met and supported both John Brown and Fredrick Douglass. After the Civil War he went on to fight for other big disputes like Women's rights. Garrison was an advocate of nonviolence resistance. There is no evidence that he supported the murderous John Brown. In fact, Frederick Douglas did not support John Brown either.
Because of its strategic location on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, Barstow was named for railroad president William Barstow Strong.
The Liberator was an abolitionist newspaper that was founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp in 1831. Slave state legislatures came out in vehement opposition of the paper threatening lawsuits and offering rewards for the names of the distributors. The paper was in circulation for thirty years, ending after the Civil War.
Sir William Cornelius Van Horne first became involved with the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1882 when he was appointed to the position of General Manager. He was involved until 1899 when he retired (as President).
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass was a famous abolitionist publisher and activist on the Underground Railroad.
William Lloyd Garrison, editor of the Liberator and a staunch abolitionist, certainly was supportive of the Underground Railroad, although I cannot find proof of any direct involvement.
he help lead them to the nearest safe house .........no He recorded the stories of escaping slaves.
They were all abolitionists who contributed in the movement of slaves from the southern colonies to the north. (Underground Railroad)
William Still was best known for his work as an abolitionist, historian, and conductor on the Underground Railroad. He helped countless enslaved individuals escape to freedom and documented their stories in his book, "The Underground Railroad."
William Still
William Still
William Still was born October 7, 1821 and died July 14, 1902.He was an African-American abolitionist involved with the Underground Railroad.He is sometimes called the Father of the underground railroad.
There were several like William Still who was sometimes called "The Father of the Underground Railroad", Harriet Tubman(sometimes the slaves called her Moses), Levi Coffin helped over 100 slaves every year for 33 years and William Lloyd Garrison(one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society).
Underground railroad in 1872 by William Still, Published by Porter & Coates, Philadelphia, 1872.
The Underground Railroad was a system of routes and safe houses used by slaves to escape slavery. Many former slaves were involved in various forms of the Railroad. These include Harriet Tubman and John Parker. or just Harriet Tubman
the father of the underground railroad