Also founder of the first Black book store in the U.S. and an early healer who started a water cure clinic... He is the UGRR conductor who helped a young Frederick Bailey (later Douglass) when he escaped from freedom. He was absolutely amazing. We owe so much to him.
David Ruggles, American hero, dedicated his life to making the world safer. He repeatedly risked his life & saved others as the founder of the NYC Vigilance Committee, an Underground Railroad conductor, & the of publisher of The Mirror Liberty. uncpress.org/book/9780807...
David Ruggles
David Ruggles (1810–1849) was one of the most heroic — and has been one of the most often overlooked — figures of the early abolitionist movement in Am...
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September 20, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Also founder of the first Black book store in the U.S. and an early healer who started a water cure clinic... He is the UGRR conductor who helped a young Frederick Bailey (later Douglass) when he escaped from freedom. He was absolutely amazing. We owe so much to him.
In central Pennsylvania communities such as Harrisburg, Carlisle, and York, some oyster houses were owned by Black people who were also UGRR conductors and who advocated for African American rights. www.pennlive.com/opinion/2026... #BHM #tellthemwhatwedid
Black oyster restaurant owners in central Pa. labored for abolitionist cause | Column
Their children continued their work for African American rights. One family is the subject of a Pittsburgh exhibit this month.
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February 14, 2026 at 12:43 PM
In central Pennsylvania communities such as Harrisburg, Carlisle, and York, some oyster houses were owned by Black people who were also UGRR conductors and who advocated for African American rights. www.pennlive.com/opinion/2026... #BHM #tellthemwhatwedid
Ugrr it wasn't a photo 🤦 oh my fingers...
July 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Ugrr it wasn't a photo 🤦 oh my fingers...
Also interesting, large public demonstrations were not a dominant tactic at all. Petitioning, societies & committees, UGRR & other mutual aid, legal strategies & electoral politics via new political parties were all more common.
December 23, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Also interesting, large public demonstrations were not a dominant tactic at all. Petitioning, societies & committees, UGRR & other mutual aid, legal strategies & electoral politics via new political parties were all more common.
Let me give you an example. The website asserts that the UGRR reflected "the American ideals of liberty and freedom expressed in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution" but neglects to mention that the fugitive slave clause of the Constitution is why the UGRR had to be underground.
April 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Let me give you an example. The website asserts that the UGRR reflected "the American ideals of liberty and freedom expressed in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution" but neglects to mention that the fugitive slave clause of the Constitution is why the UGRR had to be underground.
In my small corner of the history world, every single reference to a famed UGRR story in Gettysburg - Mag Palm being “Maggie Bluecoat” - eventually traces its way back to a novel by Elsie Singmaster.
There’s no contemporaneous evidence for it.
There’s no contemporaneous evidence for it.
May 17, 2026 at 10:03 PM
In my small corner of the history world, every single reference to a famed UGRR story in Gettysburg - Mag Palm being “Maggie Bluecoat” - eventually traces its way back to a novel by Elsie Singmaster.
There’s no contemporaneous evidence for it.
There’s no contemporaneous evidence for it.
A new episode of Talking Tottenham is out now. Podcast and YouTube links below.
🎧 pod.link/1577797587/e...
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugRR...
🎧 pod.link/1577797587/e...
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugRR...
January 5, 2026 at 7:06 PM
A new episode of Talking Tottenham is out now. Podcast and YouTube links below.
🎧 pod.link/1577797587/e...
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugRR...
🎧 pod.link/1577797587/e...
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugRR...
Abolitionists didn't call Canada the "Land of the Free" for shits and giggles... and that's been so horribly lost in the popular imagination.
People *don't* know what the UGRR was and it's so important that they do right now.
People *don't* know what the UGRR was and it's so important that they do right now.
April 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Abolitionists didn't call Canada the "Land of the Free" for shits and giggles... and that's been so horribly lost in the popular imagination.
People *don't* know what the UGRR was and it's so important that they do right now.
People *don't* know what the UGRR was and it's so important that they do right now.
To learn more about the UGRR in Buffalo, see:
buffaloresearch.com/ugrr/
#Buffalo
#UndergroundRailroad
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Featured here are addresses associated with the Underground Railroad (UGRR) in Buffalo, New York, according to period and primary sources. I invite others to document sites outside of the city limi…
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January 1, 2026 at 2:24 PM
To learn more about the UGRR in Buffalo, see:
buffaloresearch.com/ugrr/
#Buffalo
#UndergroundRailroad
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#Buffalo
#UndergroundRailroad
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Oh, so many stories of Blacks as the Conductors of UGRR. Yiu might check out William Still's Underground Railroad book. Published 1872, online free at Project Gutenberg. William Still, who shares all these primary sources, was himself a UGRR Conductor and in Philly's Abolitionist Society.
August 3, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Oh, so many stories of Blacks as the Conductors of UGRR. Yiu might check out William Still's Underground Railroad book. Published 1872, online free at Project Gutenberg. William Still, who shares all these primary sources, was himself a UGRR Conductor and in Philly's Abolitionist Society.
The thing about @terigage.bsky.social is that she is EVERYWHERE. At the UGRR site several miles south of Pullman. At Roberts Temple in Bronzeville. At my kid’s 1st day of school, greeting us by name. Her love of not just Pullman, but the greater community was evident. Congrats, Teri! I’ll miss you.
A hearty congratulations and we'll miss you to @terigage.bsky.social, whose imminent retirement as Superintendent of the Pullman National Historical Park was just announced. Teri has been a wonderful partner, making NPS an active, cherished presence in a complex city neighborhood - no small feat!
![A screenshot of a Facebook post from the Pullman National Historical Park reads:
On Friday, May 31, 2025, Superintendent Teri Gage will hang up her flat hat for the last time. After nearly four decades of service with the National Park Service [NPS], she has announced her retirement. A native of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Teri started her NPS career in 1986 as a clerk-typist at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, while still in high school. She went on to serve in administrative management positions at several parks throughout the Service before being named Superintendent of Pullman National Monument (Now Pullman National Historical Park) in early 2020.
Under her leadership, the iconic Pullman clock tower building was transformed from a hulking shell of a building to a vibrant visitor center and exhibit hall that connects visitors from around the world to the compelling Pullman stories of American opportunity, industrialization, urban planning, architecture, rail transportation, and labor and civil rights. She saw the park through its redesignation as a National Historical Park, partnered with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to complete the Joint General Management Plan, and nurtured a talented cadre of park rangers who will continue to fulfill the National Park Service mission.
"Serving as the Superintendent of Pullman has been an honor and is the perfect capstone to my National Park Service career," Gage said about her final assignment. "I will always be proud of the work we've accomplished at Pullman and I will be eternally thankful to our park rangers who make the magic happen and to all of our park partners and neighbors who provided support along the way. I've had a great career with the National Park Service. No regrets."
Teri and her husband Paul Taylor, a 15-year veteran of the National Park Service, plan to retire in northern Wisconsin.
Please join us in saying goodbye.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:k7rfsr62tviqkrjbtrtikffm/bafkreihczyglr6j4ecnehrksw5qxffvz5uvn4mgfjp56k25sexmuqxylbq)
May 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The thing about @terigage.bsky.social is that she is EVERYWHERE. At the UGRR site several miles south of Pullman. At Roberts Temple in Bronzeville. At my kid’s 1st day of school, greeting us by name. Her love of not just Pullman, but the greater community was evident. Congrats, Teri! I’ll miss you.
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Some scumbag(s) stole the memorial bench for Mr & Mrs Narcisse, who gave 25 yrs of their lives to educate & honor CT’s Black Civil War troops & highlight the state’s UGRR sites. Nearby, a Civil War plaque for Black Regiments was gouged out of its stone marker & stolen.
Some scumbag(s) stole the memorial bench for Mr & Mrs Narcisse, who gave 25 yrs of their lives to educate & honor CT’s Black Civil War troops & highlight the state’s UGRR sites. Nearby, a Civil War plaque for Black Regiments was gouged out of its stone marker & stolen.
![Mr & Mrs Al & Pat Narcisse, photo from Windsor [CT] Freedom Trail page in their memory](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yto72hgvetlbftg2v76q3qq3/bafkreidm2s5wqggjqvpz7wndd44mnmxdlmvqkece2cgawumgyj776d3rii)
September 23, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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Some scumbag(s) stole the memorial bench for Mr & Mrs Narcisse, who gave 25 yrs of their lives to educate & honor CT’s Black Civil War troops & highlight the state’s UGRR sites. Nearby, a Civil War plaque for Black Regiments was gouged out of its stone marker & stolen.
Some scumbag(s) stole the memorial bench for Mr & Mrs Narcisse, who gave 25 yrs of their lives to educate & honor CT’s Black Civil War troops & highlight the state’s UGRR sites. Nearby, a Civil War plaque for Black Regiments was gouged out of its stone marker & stolen.
They went to Mexico also. My 5th graders wrote formal letters to UGRR museums. Docents would visit our class via ZOOM for question/answer. The Quakers were very involved in the UGRR. The largest museum is in Ohio.
August 2, 2026 at 2:04 PM
They went to Mexico also. My 5th graders wrote formal letters to UGRR museums. Docents would visit our class via ZOOM for question/answer. The Quakers were very involved in the UGRR. The largest museum is in Ohio.
By the late 1850s the UGRR was also Black owned and driven. Partly, that's wonderful thing; Black resistance fueled Black freedom.
The UGRR was a system of Black folks protecting Black folks as an act of public rejection of unjust and immoral leadership in Washington. 12/
The UGRR was a system of Black folks protecting Black folks as an act of public rejection of unjust and immoral leadership in Washington. 12/
April 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
By the late 1850s the UGRR was also Black owned and driven. Partly, that's wonderful thing; Black resistance fueled Black freedom.
The UGRR was a system of Black folks protecting Black folks as an act of public rejection of unjust and immoral leadership in Washington. 12/
The UGRR was a system of Black folks protecting Black folks as an act of public rejection of unjust and immoral leadership in Washington. 12/
The myths around the UGRR - from the quilt block codes to the overall air of "secrecy" of the network - are destructive. The UGRR wasn't just a network to get people to freedom.
It was people - increasingly as the 1850s went on Black people - showing public agency and resisting in the open air. 8/
It was people - increasingly as the 1850s went on Black people - showing public agency and resisting in the open air. 8/
April 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The myths around the UGRR - from the quilt block codes to the overall air of "secrecy" of the network - are destructive. The UGRR wasn't just a network to get people to freedom.
It was people - increasingly as the 1850s went on Black people - showing public agency and resisting in the open air. 8/
It was people - increasingly as the 1850s went on Black people - showing public agency and resisting in the open air. 8/
What do we know about the Underground Railroad in #Buffalo, NY? Here's my answer.
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#BlackHistory
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#BlackHistory
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Buffalo Underground Railroad Sites
Featured here are addresses associated with the Underground Railroad (UGRR) in Buffalo, New York, according to period and primary sources. I invite others to document sites outside of the city limi…
buffaloresearch.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:34 PM
What do we know about the Underground Railroad in #Buffalo, NY? Here's my answer.
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#BlackHistory
buffaloresearch.com/ugrr/
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#BlackHistory
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And "My house was on the UGRR" replaced "George Washington slept here."
April 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
And "My house was on the UGRR" replaced "George Washington slept here."
Made the jump, and I’m happy to be here.
For new friends - I’m EJ, I’m from Scranton, PA (yes I love The Office), I’m a teacher, & run a NPS affiliated Underground Railroad program in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
I post stuff like this picture of USCTs returning to NEPA UGRR town Montrose in 1865 👋
For new friends - I’m EJ, I’m from Scranton, PA (yes I love The Office), I’m a teacher, & run a NPS affiliated Underground Railroad program in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
I post stuff like this picture of USCTs returning to NEPA UGRR town Montrose in 1865 👋
November 13, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Made the jump, and I’m happy to be here.
For new friends - I’m EJ, I’m from Scranton, PA (yes I love The Office), I’m a teacher, & run a NPS affiliated Underground Railroad program in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
I post stuff like this picture of USCTs returning to NEPA UGRR town Montrose in 1865 👋
For new friends - I’m EJ, I’m from Scranton, PA (yes I love The Office), I’m a teacher, & run a NPS affiliated Underground Railroad program in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
I post stuff like this picture of USCTs returning to NEPA UGRR town Montrose in 1865 👋
Blairsville UGRR museum shares the stories of slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction in Pennsylvania www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...
Blairsville museum shares the stories of slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction and beyond
The Blairsville Underground Railroad Museum shares the stories of slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction and beyond
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February 8, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Blairsville UGRR museum shares the stories of slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction in Pennsylvania www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...
LRS: I started asking students, How did learning hardly anything about African Americans’ resistance to enslavement in K-12, save the UGRR, shape how you think and others think about Black people then & today?
Everyone gets uncomfortable, but we get clarity on historical disinformation.
Everyone gets uncomfortable, but we get clarity on historical disinformation.
October 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
LRS: I started asking students, How did learning hardly anything about African Americans’ resistance to enslavement in K-12, save the UGRR, shape how you think and others think about Black people then & today?
Everyone gets uncomfortable, but we get clarity on historical disinformation.
Everyone gets uncomfortable, but we get clarity on historical disinformation.
#BlueZicos
15/04 : 7 points
La semaine se poursuit bien parce que Géorgie encore... Non, je déconne, je ne vais pas faire le coup tous les jours (mais leur titre était pas si mal en 2019) !
Là, j'ai soirée SM en Islande ! 😁
Hatari - Hatrið mun sigra (Iceland) 2019
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGrR...
15/04 : 7 points
La semaine se poursuit bien parce que Géorgie encore... Non, je déconne, je ne vais pas faire le coup tous les jours (mais leur titre était pas si mal en 2019) !
Là, j'ai soirée SM en Islande ! 😁
Hatari - Hatrið mun sigra (Iceland) 2019
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGrR...
Hatari - Hatrið mun sigra - Iceland 🇮🇸 - Official Music Video - Eurovision 2019
YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest
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April 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
#BlueZicos
15/04 : 7 points
La semaine se poursuit bien parce que Géorgie encore... Non, je déconne, je ne vais pas faire le coup tous les jours (mais leur titre était pas si mal en 2019) !
Là, j'ai soirée SM en Islande ! 😁
Hatari - Hatrið mun sigra (Iceland) 2019
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGrR...
15/04 : 7 points
La semaine se poursuit bien parce que Géorgie encore... Non, je déconne, je ne vais pas faire le coup tous les jours (mais leur titre était pas si mal en 2019) !
Là, j'ai soirée SM en Islande ! 😁
Hatari - Hatrið mun sigra (Iceland) 2019
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGrR...
Wow, brother Eddie, what a story. You don't see that kind of rise, powder boy to tycoon, outside of Dickens. That prison ship, though, was a war crime (and not the Brits' first; look up what they did in Kenya). Then to go on to become a major player in the UGRR? "Driven" is too mild a word.
September 20, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Wow, brother Eddie, what a story. You don't see that kind of rise, powder boy to tycoon, outside of Dickens. That prison ship, though, was a war crime (and not the Brits' first; look up what they did in Kenya). Then to go on to become a major player in the UGRR? "Driven" is too mild a word.
Diving back into 1850s maps of NEPA Underground Railroad towns. These maps are incredibly useful when trying to nail down potential properties used to help assist the formerly enslaved navigating the UGRR.
May 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Diving back into 1850s maps of NEPA Underground Railroad towns. These maps are incredibly useful when trying to nail down potential properties used to help assist the formerly enslaved navigating the UGRR.
But that's a lesson, too: the white community largely outsourced UGRR activity to Black labor.
They moved from active resistance to passive funding, letting Black people to do the real labor and take the real risks. They allowed men like Loguen to do all the work. 13/
They moved from active resistance to passive funding, letting Black people to do the real labor and take the real risks. They allowed men like Loguen to do all the work. 13/
April 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
But that's a lesson, too: the white community largely outsourced UGRR activity to Black labor.
They moved from active resistance to passive funding, letting Black people to do the real labor and take the real risks. They allowed men like Loguen to do all the work. 13/
They moved from active resistance to passive funding, letting Black people to do the real labor and take the real risks. They allowed men like Loguen to do all the work. 13/