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  • In the Wisconsin wilderness in 1844 five years after founding the town of Milton., Joseph Goodrich built a hexagonal inn and hand dug a tunnel from the inn's basement to a root cellar 40 ft away to hide slaves.  Guide is Kristin Henning.<br />
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In the Wisconsin wilderness in 1844 five years after founding the town of Milton., Joseph Goodrich built a hexagonal inn and hand dug a tunnel from the inn's basement to a root cellar 40 ft away to hide slaves.
    UndergroundRR 0008 Milton.jpg
  • In the Wisconsin wilderness in 1844 five years after founding the town of Milton., Joseph Goodrich built a hexagonal inn and hand dug a tunnel from the inn's basement to a root cellar 40 ft away to hide slaves.
    UndergroundRR 0007 Milton.jpg
  • In 1810 Reverend Alexander Dobbin  created sliding shelves at his Gettysburg, Pennsylvania home to hide several slaves in a crawl space.
    UndergroundRR 0005a Dobbin.jpg
  • In 1810 Reverend Alexander Dobbin  created sliding shelves at his Gettysburg, Pennsylvania home to hide several slaves in a crawl space.
    UndergroundRR 0005 Dobbin.jpg
  • With the help of a white friend, Samuel A. Smith, Henry Brown mailed himself to his family in Philadelphia and freedom.  He was dubbed Henry "Box" Brown.
    UndergroundRR 0017Box Brown.jpg
  • Considered derogatory by many blacks the hitching post, like this one was sometimes used to signal slaves that the coast was clear.  A lighted lantern or a bright cloth on the hitching post signal that all was clear.
    UndergroundRR 0013 Hitching.jpg
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