The individuals who helped make our country a land of freedom and equality.
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Frances Harper
Abolitionist. Activist. Poet.
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was born a freewoman in Maryland. She was educated and well read, courtesy of her uncle who ran a school for Black children.
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William Goodridge
Entrepreneur. Underground Railroad Stationmaster
William Goodridge was born enslaved in Maryland to an African American mother and an unknown White father.
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Thaddeus Stevens
Congressman. Abolitionist.
Avid abolitionist and one of Lancaster’s most prominent citizens, Thaddeus Stevens moved to York, Pennsylvania.
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Basil Biggs
Underground Railroad Agent.
Basil Biggs was born in Maryland in 1819. His mother died when he was four, leaving Biggs to be hired out to work for others.
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Sarah McKim
Abolitionist. Women's, Children's, and Animal Rights Activist.
Sarah McKim was the wife of James Miller McKim, a prominent abolitionist and Presbyterian minister, who also served as editor for the Pennsylvania Freeman.