Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society PA1483
Organized in 1833 by Quaker abolitionist Lucretia Mott, this society, headquartered here, originally consisted of sixty women who sought to end slavery. After the Civil War, the society supported the cause of the freed slaves.

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Plymouth Friends Meetinghouse PA1524
In continuous use as a house of worship since about 1708, it served as a hospital and campsite for Washington's forces on way to Valley Forge. Eastern wing, added in 1780, replaced original log school. Site was a center of activity during Abolition Movement.

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Robert Purvis PA1593
An abolitionist, Purvis fought for the rights of Blacks through his lecturing, writing, and activity in antislavery societies. As an agent for the Underground Railroad, he built a secret area here at his house to hide slaves.

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Star of the West (Tent #6) PA1736
An African American women's community service organization, chartered 1865. A part of the United Order of Tents, J. R. Giddings and Jollifee Union, founded in 1847 and named for abolitionist Congressman Giddings and his law partner.

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Stephen Smith PA1748
An abolitionist, Smith bought his freedom and was one of America's wealthiest Blacks with his coal, lumber, and real estate ventures. He was the major benefactor of the Stephen Smith Home for the Aged, located here.

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Thomas Garrett PA1805
The famed abolitionist lived here at Thornfield before 1822, when he moved to Wilmington, Delaware. By the 1860's he had helped 2700 slaves escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad. A Quaker, he was a friend of Harriet Tubman and William Lloyd Garrison. His father (also named Thomas) had built Thornfield in 1800; his great-great-grandfather William Garet had arrived in Darby in 1684.

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Frederick Douglass and John Brown PA700
The two abolitionists met at a stone quarry here, Aug. 19-21, 1859, and discussed Brown's plans to raid the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. He urged Douglass to join an armed demonstration against slavery. Douglass refused, warning the raid would fail; the Oct. 16, 1859 attack confirmed his fears. Brown was captured with his surviving followers and was executed Dec. 2, 1859.

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Martin Delany PA1204
Delany was an influential abolitionist, civil rights activist, Army officer, and prominent physician. The son of an enslaved father and free mother received his education in Chambersburg. He went on to publish an anti-slavery newspaper, “The Mystery.” He worked along with Frederick Douglass to champion freedom and later became the first commissioned African American officer in the United States Army.

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Thaddeus Stevens PA1800
Lawyer, congressman, defender of free public schools, abolitionist, lies buried in the rear of this cemetery. He believed in the "Equality of man before his Creator." Resided in Lancaster from 1842 until his death, 1868.

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Thaddeus Stevens PA1801
Lawyer, congressman, abolitionist, ironmaster, and defender of free public schools in Pennsylvania, lived in a house that stood on this site. He moved from here in 1842.

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