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    Heroes of the Underground Railroad Around Washington, D.C.

    By Jenny Masur and Stanley Harrold

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    Many of the unsung heroes of the Underground Railroad lived and worked in Washington, D.C.


    Men and women, black and white, operatives and freedom seekers - all demonstrated courage, resourcefulness and initiative. Leonard Grimes, a free African American, was arrested for transporting enslaved people to freedom. John Dean, a white lawyer, used the District courts to test the legality of the Fugitive Slave Act. Anna Maria Weems dressed as a boy in order to escape to Canada. Enslaved people engineered escapes, individually and in groups, with and without the assistance of an organized network. Some ended up back in slavery or in jail, but some escaped to freedom. Anthropologist and author Jenny Masur tells their stories.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe History Press
    Release dateJan 21, 2019
    ISBN9781439666036
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    Heroes of the Underground Railroad Around Washington, D.C.
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    Jenny Masur

    Jenny Masur is a native Washingtonian. She worked for seventeen years for the National Park Service as national capital region manager for the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. Her doctorate is in anthropology, and her interest in individual lives dates from the book Jewish Grandmothers , which she coedited while in graduate school. Her respect for the heroes of the Underground Railroad continues to grow.

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