Abolition & the Underground Railroad in Chester County, Pennsylvania

by Mark Lanyon

Book Overview

Chester County was home to a diverse patchwork of religious communities, antislavery activists and free Black populations, all working to end the blight of slavery during the Civil War era. Kennett Square was known as the hotbed of abolitionism, with more Underground Railroad stations than anywhere else in the nation. Reverend John Miller Dickey and the Hinsonville community under the leadership of James Ralston Amos and Thomas Henry Amos founded...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467150258
• ISBN13: 9781467150255
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"