A trap door
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Title
A trap door
Subject
The underground railroad in Macomb, IL
Description
This image shows a trap door inside a Macomb home built in 1854-1855 by George Parkinson, and subsequently owned by Damon Tunnicliff, a prominent Illinois lawyer who opposed slavery and whose daughter, Helen Tunnicliff Catterall, wrote a renowned, multi-volume, Judicial Cases Concerning American Slavery and the Negro (1926-1937). Local legend asserts the home was a UGRR stop on the basis of an underground tunnel, now closed, but which connected the house with a smaller cabin outside it, to which the trap door pictured leads.
Creator
Damon Tunnicliff
Source
"Macomb's Historic Homes," Illinois Stories, produced by WSIU Public Broadcasting, aired December 19, 2011
Publisher
WSIU PUblic Broadcasting
Date
Trap door probably built in the 1860s-1870s; video produced 2011
Rights
Public Broadcasting Service
Format
Still image
Identifier
WIUGRR23
Coverage
Illinois, United States
Files
Citation
Damon Tunnicliff, “A trap door,” Traces of Western Illinois' Underground Railroad, accessed April 29, 2024, https://timroberts.org/wiugrr/items/show/23.