Isaac T. Hopper – “Father of the Underground Railroad”
Isaac T. Hopper (1771-1852) was a pioneer abolitionist and social reformer. He is sometimes considered to be the “Father of the Underground Railroad”.
Civil Rights
Anti-Fugitive Slave Law Meeting and Resolutions 1851
In response to the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, Frederick Douglass and Gerrit Smith resolved to resist it and to defy any law aiming to destroy rights.
The Revolution – Women, their Rights and Nothing Less
The Revolution was a radical women’s rights newspaper, owned by Susan B. Anthony, edited by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Parker Pillsbury, published in NYC.
The Colored American (The Weekly Advocate)
The Colored American was an influential African-American newspaper published in New York City between 1837 and 1842 by three prominent black abolitionists.