MAAP | Mapping the African American Past

Portrait of Henry Highland Garnet

The Shiloh Presbyterian Church was part of the Underground Railroad and led by three great abolitionists: Samuel Cornish, Theodore Wright, and the fiery Henry Highland Garnet (pictured).

Source: Humanities and Social Sciences Library/Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs/The New York Public Library


Produced by CCNMTL, Chase, Teachers College, and CCI