Articles written by Tom Calarco

Gerrit Smith was perhaps the most important American abolitionist.

Apr 30, 2010 - Tom Calarco

No one disputes that Harriet Tubman was among America's most remarkable women.

Apr 30, 2010 - Tom Calarco

Though President Abraham Lincoln signed the law that ended slavery, another man did far more to free the slaves - John Brown.

Apr 25, 2010 - Tom Calarco

All sports fans love to hate referees. But at the same time, most fans believe their mistakes are honest ones. They would never question their integrity.

Apr 21, 2010 - Tom Calarco

Hysteria gripped the black community in the North after the passage of the second Fugitive Slave Law in September of 1850.

Apr 3, 2010 - Tom Calarco

Vermont was the first state to organize a statewide antislavery society in 1834. Three years later, it had 89 antislavery societies with nearly 10,000 members.

Apr 3, 2010 - Tom Calarco

The second Fugitive Slave Law was a major factor in bringing the overthrow of slavery. It drew many new supporters to the cause of abolition and led to the Civil War.

Apr 3, 2010 - Tom Calarco

David Blight is among our most celebrated abolitionist historians.

Mar 30, 2010 - Tom Calarco

For many years Wilbur Siebert was considered the greatest historian of the Underground Railroad.

Mar 28, 2010 - Tom Calarco

Abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor Laura Haviland certainly hasn't been forgotten.

Mar 26, 2010 - Tom Calarco

In Liberty Line, Larry Gara clearly demonstrated that black contributions to the Underground Railroad were under recognized in the early histories.

Mar 26, 2010 - Tom Calarco

Was Canadian Alexander Milton Ross's mission as an abolitionist spy to entice slaves to freedom among the Underground Railroad's most heroic efforts, or was it a fraud?

Mar 25, 2010 - Tom Calarco

Seth Concklin performed one of the most heroic acts in the history of the Underground Railroad.

Mar 25, 2010 - Tom Calarco

John Fairfield was both the Robin Hood and James Bond of the Underground Railroad.

Mar 25, 2010 - Tom Calarco

Underground Railroad conductor, Abel Brown, was almost forgotten, though he aided more than a thousand fugitive slaves.

Mar 25, 2010 - Tom Calarco

The Underground Railroad was not a real railroad but a metaphoric one, the name given to a clandestine operation that aided fugitives slaves before the Civil War.

Mar 23, 2010 - Tom Calarco