Harrisburg on the eve
of Civil War

Study Areas:

Slavery

Anti-Slavery

Free Persons of Color

Underground Railroad

The Violent Decade

US Colored Troops

Civil War

Year of Jubilee (1863)

Articles and Features

Places

• Gravesite of John Harris, the settler
• John Harris/Simon Cameron Mansion
• Riverfront and Harris Park
• William W. Rutherford/Frederick Kelker Townhouses (site)
• Camel Back Bridge
• Market Square Sheds
• Dauphin County Courthouse site
• Chesters' Restaurant
• Mulberry Street and Judystown
• Third Street Corridor
• Salem Church
• Third and Market Streets
• Capitol Hill
• Tanner's Alley site
• Harrisburg Presbyterian Church
• Pine Street Presbyterian Church
• Shakespeare Hall site
• Dauphin County Prison site
• River Alley
• Paxton Creek
• Old Turnpike Entrance (photo only)
• Canal Lock (photo only)

The Year of Jubilee

Vol. 1: Men of God and Vol. 2: Men of Muscle

by George Nagle

  Both volumes of the Afrolumens book are now on Amazon and in local bookstores

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