Author: Boston Emancipator and Free American

In this short article from the May 11, 1843, edition of the Boston Emancipator and Free American, an abolitionist newspaper, the editors reprint news from Illinois, in which fellow abolitionists aid fugitive slaves. This marks one of the earliest appearances in print of the phrase “underground railroad.”

In this short article from the May 20, 1843, edition of the Boston Emancipator and Free American, an abolitionist newspaper, the editors reprint news from Albany, New York, in which fellow abolitionists aid fugitive slaves. This marks one of the earliest appearances in print of the phrase “underground railroad.”