Letter from Albert McFadden to Wilbur Siebert, August 5, 1893
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Title
Letter from Albert McFadden to Wilbur Siebert, August 5, 1893
Subject
Siebert, Wilbur Henry, 1866-1961; Underground railroad; Abolitionist
Description
This letter written by Albert McFadden, one of the first abolitionists in Wayne County and a close informant of the head of the Underground Railroad in Wayne County, to Wilbur Siebert, an Underground Railroad historian based in Columbus, Ohio, discusses McFadden’s knowledge of the Underground Railroad in Wayne County. The letter details the individuals that were crucial to the beginning of the Underground Railroad in Wayne County. McFadden describes his experiences with others—particularly politicians—as he was attempting to get Wayne County to be a more open area for fugitive slaves.
McFadden and others who were present during the beginning of Wayne County’s anti-slavery movement were integral to the success of the Underground Railroad and freeing enslaved people. They spoke out against a topic that had been taken as the norm for over a century and was a part of the United States Constitution. In the end, citizens of the North like McFadden were a driving force behind the end of slavery.
McFadden and others who were present during the beginning of Wayne County’s anti-slavery movement were integral to the success of the Underground Railroad and freeing enslaved people. They spoke out against a topic that had been taken as the norm for over a century and was a part of the United States Constitution. In the end, citizens of the North like McFadden were a driving force behind the end of slavery.
Use Ohio Social Studies Standard for Grade Eight 11 (Disputes over the nature of federalism, complicated by economic developments in the United States, resulted in sectional issues, including slavery, which led to the American Civil War) and 16 (Cultural biases, stereotypes and prejudices had social, political and economic consequences for minority groups and the population as a whole) for integration into the classroom.
Creator
Albert McFadden
Source
Ohio Memory Project, Wilbur H. Siebert Collection http://www.ohiomemory.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/siebert/id/10160/rec/3 MSS116AV BOX59 11OH 074
Publisher
Unknown
Date
1893-08-05
Rights
In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Relation
Wilbur H. Siebert Collection
Format
PDF Document
Language
eng
Type
Text
Identifier
Albert_McFadden_001
Coverage
Wooster, Ohio; Wayne County
Underground Railroad
Collection
Citation
Albert McFadden, “Letter from Albert McFadden to Wilbur Siebert, August 5, 1893,” Wayne County Ohio History, accessed March 28, 2024, https://woosterdigital.org/wayneohiohistory/items/show/2.