Sunday Stamps | Underground Railroad

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Cincinnati, Ohio

From the USPS page:

From the time slavery was introduced to the Colonies until it was abolished in 1865, enslaved people tried to escape. This stamp issuance commemorates the Underground Railroad, as their resistance efforts became known. The pane of 20 stamps features 10 sepia-toned portraits of men and women who escaped slavery and/or helped others escape: Catharine Coffin, Frederick Douglass, Thomas Garrett, Laura Haviland, Lewis Hayden, Harriet Jacobs, William Lambert, Jermain Loguen, William Still and Harriet Tubman. Below each portrait are eight lines of text: BLACK/WHITE; COOPERATION; TRUST/DANGER; FLIGHT/FAITH; COURAGE/RISK; DEFIANCE/HOPE; UNDERGROUND; RAILROAD/USA. On the pane’s verso is a map showing the general routes freedom seekers followed and a list of individuals pictured on the stamps with a few words of biographical information about each. Antonio Alcalá, an art director for USPS, designed the stamps using existing images.

Catharine Coffin / Lewis Hayden

Jermain Loguen / Harriet Tubman

William Still / Harriet Jacobs / Jermain Loguen

Catharine Coffin / Laura Haviland / Harriet Tubman

Mail sent by Phillip (the USA). I added it to Sunday Stamps, today's theme being Headshots.