Nathaniel T. Allen home photograph, front view   Save
Wilbur H. Siebert Collection
Description: Photomechanical reproduction of an image of a home used by Nathaniel Topliff Allen (1823-1903) to keep fugitive slaves at 35 Webster Street, West Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, despite being threatened with arson. This image was sent to Wilbur H. Siebert by Miss Lucy Ellis Allen, Nathaniel's daughter. Siebert (1866-1961) began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03073
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Massachusetts; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: West Newton (Massachusetts); Middlesex County (Massachusetts)