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"Underground" routes to Canada: showing the lines of travel of fugitive slaves

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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Title
"Underground" routes to Canada: showing the lines of travel of fugitive slaves
Names
Siebert, Wilbur Henry, 1866-1961 (Cartographer)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

Whole

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1898
Place: New York?
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 77-2101 [Filed with U. S., 1863]
Topics
Underground Railroad
United States
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: Scale ca. 1:12,500,000.
Content: Inset: Map showing the lines of the Underground Railroad in Chester and the neighboring Counties of Pennsylvania.
Content: Extracted from his The Underground Railroad from slavery to freedom, New York? 1898.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: Col. map 18 x 33 cm.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG774156395-M
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b10341074
Barcode: 33433051099525
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): da7163e0-d5a0-0132-9a71-58d385a7bbd0
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1866: Creator Born
  • 1898: Issued
  • 1961: Creator Died
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. ""Underground" routes to Canada" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1898. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d64f0a80-4db6-0133-78eb-00505686d14e

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. ""Underground" routes to Canada" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d64f0a80-4db6-0133-78eb-00505686d14e

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1898). "Underground" routes to Canada Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d64f0a80-4db6-0133-78eb-00505686d14e

Wikipedia Citation

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"Underground" routes to Canada