Now rare 140 years after the end of the uplifting national phenomenon of the Underground Railroad are the very few intact family accounts of Underground Railroad safe-house operators. This book tells the story of the extensively documented experiences of the family of author Peter Michael in sheltering Underground Railroad freedom seekers, and the reconnection after 150 years with the descendants of a freedom seeker who passed through the Underground Railroad safe-house of his family, Cooling Springs Farm, now an Underground Railroad historic site open to the public.
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Table of Contents

I. Roots: Swiss Family Michael

II. The Founding of Cooling Springs Farm

III. The Underground Railroad Through Frederick County, Maryland

IV. The Potomac-To-Doubs Route of the Underground Railroad

V. How the Michael Family Became Underground Railroad Operators

VI. Underground Railroad Station: Cooling Springs and Its Spring House

VII. Christmas, 1855: Freedom Seekers at Cooling Springs

VIII. Other Freedom Seekers Who Passed Through Cooling Springs and Nearby

IX. Michael Ownership of Cooling Springs In Underground Railroad Times

X. Legacy Established: Post-Civil War Family Work In Racial Equality

XI. Evolution of the Cooling Springs Family, Homes and Farms

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I.	ROOTS: SWISS FAMILY MICHAEL
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