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Metadata
Title |
1976 newspaper article about Peter Stephenson & the Underground Railroad |
Object Name |
Newspaper |
Catalog Number |
2018.FIC.4725 |
People |
Coffin, Levi Stephenson, Jacob Stephenson, Jane Stephenson, Peter |
Date |
1976 |
Scope & Content |
June 22, 1976 edition of The Valley Advance newspaper published in Vincennes, Indiana by Vincennes University. On page 21 is an article about Peter "Uncle Peter" Stephenson who was an avowed abolitionist before the Civil War and active in the Underground Railroad assisting escaped slaves trying to reach Canada. Stephenson owned a farm south of Washington, Indiana in Veale Township of Daviess County where he and his wife, Jane Stephenson, hid slaves from slave hunters. |
Search Terms |
Stephenson farm Underground Railroad Veale Township |