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Exterior Slide Show

The historic Johnson House stands at the edge of Mount Airy on Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia. During the tour, guides tell visitors that the home was once a major stop on the Underground Railroad and was later bought by the Germantown Women's Club.
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Suggested Readings:

Battle Cry of Freedom

by James McPherson

Ordeal by Fire

by James McPherson

Civil War Day by Day

by E.B. Long

Ordeal of the Union

by Allan Nevins

Reader's Companion to American History

by Eric Foner & John Garrity

Suggested Links:
National Geographic's Interactive Underground Railroad Presentation
Underground Railroad Freedom Center
PBS Biography of Frederick Douglass