Quaker businessman A.B. Farquhar, who played a prominent role in the surrender of York PA during the Civil War, had Maryland roots.
Tag: Underground Railroad
Scott Mingus and Jim McClure explore some “lost” Civil War & Underground Railroad sites in historic York County, PA.
Amos Griest of the Foustown area of York County PA was a conductor in the covert Underground Railroad in the 1840s and 50s
York County PA author Scott Mingus has several of his popular local history talks available on YouTube or Vimeo. Here are links to them.
The leading newspaper in York PA strongly supported the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law and chastised the governor for obstructing it after the Christiana Riot.
Dr. Israel H. Betz in 1907 wrote his memories of the Fishing Creek Valley region in northeastern York County PA during the Civil War.
Civil War Trails has installed two new wayside markers in Wrightsville commemorating the Mifflin House and the Underground Railroad and Civil War skirmish.
Lewisberry’s Dr. Webster Lewis and his son Robert, a physician in Dover, were among the early conductors in York County’s Underground Railroad movement.
On Sunday evening, March 18, 2018, I presented a PowerPoint talk on the defense of
Amanda Berry was born a slave near Long Green in Baltimore County, Maryland. She and