The Underground Railroad: Tubman, Garrett
HARRIET TUBMAN THOMAS GARRETT THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD THOMAS GARRETT, JOHN HUNN, EZEKIEL JENKINS, SAMUAL D. BURRIE, AND MANY OTHER DELAWAREANS WERE PROMINENT ABOLITIONISTS OF PRE-CIVIL WAR DAYS. THEIR ACTIVITIES WITH HARRIET TUBMAN, AN ESCAPED SLAVE FROM DORCHESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND FREQUENTLY REFERRED TO AS THE "MOSES OF HER PEOPLE" WERE INDEED OF MONUMENTAL IMPORTANCE TO BOTH THE FIRST STATE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AT THE HOME OF THOMAS GANNETY, 227 SHIPLEY STREET, WILMINGTON DILAWARE, MORE THAN 2,700 SLAVES RECEIVED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, DIRECTION, AND MORAL ENCOURAGEMENT IN THER FLIGHT FROM BONDAGE TO FREEDOM. NO OTHER POINT ALONG THE ENTIRE UNDERGROUND NETWORK HANDLED AS MUCH HUMAN TRAFFIC AS DID THE GARRETT HOUSE, FOR MANY FUGITIVE SEAVES ENROUTE TO PHILADELPHIA AND OTHER POINTS NORTH, THE CITY OF WILMINGTON BECAME KNOWN AS "A LAST STOP BEFORE FREEDOM. ERECTED MAY 31, 1976 THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRO-AMERICAN LIFE AND HISTORY WILMINGTON BRANCH Submitted by @lampbane