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Back to EpisodesEliza Leggett's Underground Railroad & Suffrage| May 9
Episode 1528
Published 4 weeks, 1 day ago
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On this day in 1815, Eliza Seaman Leggett, a key member of the Underground Railroad, was born. Her Michigan home welcomed many enslaved people and notable abolitionists. A fighter for women's suffrage and public water availability, she also supported American literature. In 2003, she was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame.