The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-1800s, and used by African-American slaves to escape into free states, Canada and Nova Scotia with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause. This document is specific to the railroad connecting Fort Erie to Western New York.
Listed here is a document pertinent to the Flake homestead. Attached is additional information regarding the home, as well as photographs and information pertinent to the Flake family of Fort Erie.
Listed here is a document pertinent to the Fenian Invasions of 1866. These invasions were carried out by Irish-American militias who sought independence from the yoke of British rule by attacking British colonial interests in both North America and Europe.
