William Lambert
He was a vocal opponent to discriminatory laws in Michigan and organizer of Detroit’s Underground Railroad. (Photo courtesy of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History)
Rev. William Charles Monroe
In 1836 he was installed as the first minister of Second Baptist Church in Detroit. Co-founded the Colored Vigilante Committee of Detroit in 1843 and again in 1851. (Photo courtesy of Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History)
The Colored Vigilant Committee in Detroit, Charles H. Wright Museum, Detroit, MI (click here)
George DeBaptiste
He was a key Underground Railroad agent in Indiana and Detroit, Michigan. And served as the personal valet to President William Henry Harrison. (Photo courtesy of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History)
Laura Haviland
She was one of the most prominent activists on Michigan’s Underground Railroad, and a leader in the fight for racial, social, and civil rights. (Photo courtesy of Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan)
Asher and Catherine Aray
They were among the earliest Free-Black settlers in Pittsfield Township who sheltered freedom-seekers on their property. Asher was a fearless Underground Railroad conductor (photo courtesy of descendant Linda Williams-Bowie)
Carol E. Mull, The Underground Railroad in Michigan, 2010. (click here)
Journey to Freedom: Underground Railroad tours in Washtenaw County, MI (click here)
Journey through the Underground Railroad in Washtenaw County Continues, by Jorge Avellan, February 2016. WEMU/89.1FM. Pittsfield Charter Township, Michigan
William Webb Harwood
Co-Founder of Ypsilanti, Michigan in 1824 and Underground Railroad co-worker with Asher Aray and Roswell Preston in Pittsfield Township, Michigan (Photo courtesy of Ypsilanti Historical Society)
William W. Harwood Farm, Carol E. Mull, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History website (click here)
Historic Textile Road in Pittsfield Township, MI, by C Edward Wall, Pittsfield Township Historical Society, website (click here)
Only A Few Assisted Escaped Slaves, by Carol E. Mull. MLive website
Henry Bibb
He was a Self-Emancipator from Kentucky to Detroit and ultimately Ontario, Canada. He was active in Detroit’s Vigilant Committee and founded the abolitionist paper Voice of the Fugitive from Sandwich, Ontario, Canada in 1851 (Photo courtesy of Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan)
Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave, Written by Himself: Electronic edition. Henry Bibb born 1815. Published 1849.
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