Homes where fugitives would stay and eat were called âstationsâ or âdepotsâ the owner of the house was the âstation masterâ and the âconductorâ was the person responsible to move slaves from station to station. Those financing the Underground Railroad by donating money, food, and clothing were called âstockholdersâ.
Hot news. News of political figure Goodluck Jonathanâs death spread quickly earlier this week causing concern among fans across the world. However the April 2017 report has now been confirmed as a complete hoax and just the latest in a string of fake celebrity death reports. Thankfully, the Nigerian president is alive and well.
17th President of the United States. On the night of April 14, 1865, while spending an evening at Ford's Theater, in Washington, D.C., President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth, and he died the next morning.Johnson was also a target on that fateful night, but his would-be assassin failed to show up.hree hours after Lincoln died, Andrew Johnson was sworn in as the 17th president of the United States. In a strange irony often found in American history, the racist Southerner Johnson was charged with the reconstruction of the South and the extension of civil rights and suffrage to former black slaves.