This past November, I posted a lengthy interview with local historian Matt Siegfried about slavery, the fight for emancipation, and the role played by Ypsilantians in that struggle. We covered an incredible amount of ground, but, as I still had a lot of unanswered questions, I asked him back. Following, as Paul Harvey would say, […]
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Exploring Ypsilanti’s place on the Underground Railroad: part two
Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, History, Ypsilanti Also tagged 1850, A Woman’s Life Work, Abolitionism, Anti-Slavery Bugle, Canada, Civil War, David Gordon, Detroit, Detroit Free Press, Elsie Hamilton, Fugitive Slave Act, George DeBaptiste, HP Jacobs, Kentucky, kidnapping, Laura Haviland, Logan Female Anti-Slavery Society, Matt Siegfried, Nashville, personal liberty laws, Quakers, Raisin Institute, reconstruction, Ross Wilkins, runaway slaves, slave-catchers, slavery, Tennessee, Thomas Chester, UGRR, underground railroad, Voice of the Fugitive, Willis Hamilton 18 Comments