Ebook: Abolition & the underground railroad in Vermont

Many believe that support for the abolition of slavery was universally accepted in Vermont, but it was actually a fiercely divisive issue that rocked the Green Mountain State. In the midst of turbulence and violence, though, some brave Vermonters helped fight for the freedom of their enslaved Southern brethren. Thaddeus Stevens--one of abolition's most outspoken advocates--was a Vermont native. Delia Webster, the first woman arrested for aiding a fugitive slave, was also a Vermonter. The Rokeby house in Ferrisburgh was a busy Underground Railroad station for decades. Peacham's Oliver Johnson worked closely with William Lloyd Garrison during the abolition movement. Discover the stories of these and others in Vermont who risked their own lives to help more than four thousand slaves to freedom.;Part I. Vermont, abolition and antislavery. Nineteenth-century America ; Abolitionists unwelcome in Vermont ; Fear and risk for fugitive slaves and free blacks ; Blacks in Vermont -- Part II. The underground railroad network. Networking: Vermonter's role ; Notable Vermonters in the abolitionist movement ; Underground railroad local tradition and physical evidence.