Jonathan P. Miller portrait   Save
Wilbur H. Siebert Collection
Description: Reproduction of a portrait of Colonel Jonathan Peckham Miller (1796-1847), who kept a station on the Underground Railroad at Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont. Miller arranged for stage coaches to pick up fugitive slaves and bring them to his house. This image was sent to Wilbur H. Siebert by Jonathan's daughter, Mrs. A. Keith of Chicago, Illinois. 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: AL03221
Subjects: Abolitionists; Underground Railroad--Vermont; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Montpelier (Vermont); Washington County (Vermont)