Station Master on the Underground Railroad

The late James A. McGowan appeared on Good Morning America, Evening Magazine, Philadelphia’s Prime Time and Visions. He won numerous awards throughout his career. He lived in Newtown, Pennsylvania.

• Table of ContentsForeword by William C. Kashatus      Preface      1. The Underground Railroad      2. Early Accounts of Garrett's Life      3. Upper Darby Ancestry      4. Quakers and Quakerism      5. The Road to Damascus      6. The Move to Wilmington      7. Wilmington      8. Rachel (Mendinhall) Garrett      9. The Trial of 1848      10. Thomas Garrett, the Man      11. How Important Was Thomas Garrett?      12. Thomas Garrett and Harriet Tubman      13. How Many Runaways Did Garrett Assist?      14. The End of the Line      15. Letters to William Still & J. Miller McKim      16. Letters to William Lloyd Garrison      17. Letters to Eliza Wigham & Mary Edmundson      18. Miscellaneous Letters      Appendix A: Thomas Garrett Genealogy      Appendix B: Letters from John Hunn to The Blue Hen’s Chicken      Appendix C: Letter from Thomas Garrett to The Blue Hen's Chicken      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index