The Remarkable Life of One of Boston's Most Fervent and Daring Abolitionists
Source: Smithsonian
Harriet Bell Hayden National Museum of American History Behind the heavy oak door of her two-story brick house, Harriet Bell Hayden kept rifles, kegs of gunpowder and even a secret tunnel. Her willingness to defend freedom-seekers made her and her home a linchpin of Boston’s Underground Railroad. Born in Kentucky in 1816, Harriet Bell escaped enslavement in 1844 with her husband, Lewis Hayden, making their way to…
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