Hi I just wanted to add that a lot of the SC Bush River Quakers migrated to Miami County Ohio. There is a book on the Quaker underground railroad with pictures and family histories of those who participated. Very good book mentioning Motes, Pattys, Jones, Coppock, Pearson and many many others. Author: Rachel Ann Minnich and Vita M. Saluke Title: Miami Co. Of Ohio Underground Railroad http://www.aroundaboutbooks.com/ohio_authors Tammy Kuhn --- On Mon, 2/20/12, MattyBFam@aol.com <MattyBFam@aol.com> wrote: > From: MattyBFam@aol.com <MattyBFam@aol.com> > Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Fwd: Black History month Quakers and the Underground Railroad > To: sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com > Date: Monday, February 20, 2012, 6:08 PM > > > > > ____________________________________ > From: MattyBFam@aol.com > To: QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: 2/20/2012 4:07:58 P.M. Pacific Standard Time > Subj: Black History month Quakers and the Underground > Railroad > > > As you know, February is Black History > month. Our children and > grandchildren will be learning about the Underground > Railroad in school. > > Two of my favorite books for children that include our > Quakers are: > > Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad > It is in paperback by First Avenue Editions > (I got mine from Barnes and Noble in the past.... > probably available on > Amazon.) > This is based on a true story. Our Allen Jay > wrote a biography. I > imagine this story came from that. > > The other I like is one of the Dover Coloring Books, Dover > Publications, > Mineola, NY. > > The Story of the Underground Railroad by Peter F. > Copeland. > > There is a separate page to color about Laura Haviland and > another about > Levi and Catherine Coffin. > > The children can learn about a lot of other abolitionists > and situations > involving the underground railroad. > > Joan Benton > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >