Birthdays

David Bell Birney
Turns 32 on this date

Joseph Lane
Turns 12 on this date

Solomon Meredith
Turns 47 on this date

Thomas Franses Pendel
Turns 33 on this date

Trusten Polk
Turns 46 on this date

Reuben Lindsay Walker
Turns 30 on this date

Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox
Turns 33 on this date
Events
Personal | Harriet Tubman brings her parents to Canada |
05/01/1857 to 06/01/1857 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Times, “Prize Essay on Slavery,” May 29, 1857 | 05/29/1857 |
Newspaper | Richmond (VA) Dispatch, "The Underground Railroad to Canada," May 29, 1857 | 05/29/1857 |