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Wilbur Siebert, in his book The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom and The Mysteries of Ohio's Underground Railroads, wrote "Elijah Anderson, a brave, and fearless colored man, was the general superintendent of the Underground system in this section of Ohio, and probably conducted more fugitives than any other dozen men up to the time ...
Putnam Historic District, located in Zanesville, Ohio, was an important center of Underground Railroad traffic and home to a number of abolitionists. The district, with private residences and other key buildings important in the fight against slavery, lies between the Pennsylvania Central Railroad, Van Buren Street, and Muskingum River. [2]
Ohio was a destination for escaped African Americans slaves before the Civil War. In the early 1870s, the Society of Friends members actively helped former black slaves in their search of freedom. The state was important in the operation of the Underground Railroad .
The restored John P. Parker house in Ripley, Ohio. John P. Parker (c. 1827 – January 30, 1900) was an American abolitionist, inventor, iron moulder and industrialist.Parker, who was African American, helped hundreds of slaves to freedom in the Underground Railroad resistance movement based in Ripley, Ohio.
The Wooster-Wayne Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution will hold a free program on Ohio and the Underground Railroad at the Orrville Public Library 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 11.
An address to the churches in relation to slavery : delivered at the first aniversary [sic] of the Ohio State [sic] Anti-slavery Society. Medina, Ohio: Ohio Anti-Slavery Society. OCLC 841409108. Rankin, John; Ohio Anti-slavery Society (1838). Report of the third anniversary of the Ohio Anti-Slavery Society, held in Granville, Licking County ...
Enslaved people living near rivers escaped on boats and canoes. In 1855, Mary Meachum, a free Black woman, attempted to help eight or nine slaves escape from slavery on the Mississippi River near St. Louis, Missouri to the free state of Illinois. To assist with the escape were white antislavery activists and an African American guide from ...
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