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 |