The Underground Railroad was an informal set of routes and houses that led 19th century slaves in the southern U.S. to freedom. Some hid in wagons part of the way.

He made his first trip to the historic Rankin House, a major Underground Railroad stop in Ohio, when he was 5 years old. ... Fee died in 1901 and is buried in Berea, Ky. Sources: Rita Thomas, ...

Ohio's newest historical trail pays tribute to the Underground Railroad and the people and places that connected the movement. The Ohio Department of Development and TourismOhio are officially ...

Notable sites on Ohio's Underground Railroad. Amelia Robinson (@DDNSmartMouth). Ken-Yon Hardy (@HSBBALLMIXTAPE). Kyle Nagel (@KyleNagelDDN). An estimated 100,000 slaves sought freedom in the 1800s ...

Her book, The Underground Railroad in Ohio, explores the history of the Underground Railroad, the important role Ohio played, and how it worked primarily as a system of Black people helping other ...

Ohio played a major role in leading escaped slaves from lives of captivity to their dreams of freedom. The Underground Railroad, a legendary path to freedom used by thousands of runaway slaves ...

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio – Patti Jamieson was about to give up. It was spring of 2002, and she and her 13-year-old son, Andy McGough, had been driving through the backwoods of southwest Ohio on a ...

Now living in Santa Fe, N.M., her interest in Ohio’s status as the “Grand Central Station of this secret kind of railroad” began during her childhood in Ohio’s Lawrence County, miles from ...

“The Underground Railroad in Ohio” (160 pages, softcover) costs $23.99 from the History Press. Schulz is a Salem native who grew up in Columbiana County. She now lives in New Mexico.

While the antislavery Quakers played a role in the Underground Railroad in some parts of Ohio, Glendale had Swedenborgians. Many followers of Swedenborgian, also called The New Church, opposed ...

The Ohio Department of Development and TourismOhio are officially launching the Ohio Historical Underground Railroad Trail. "We've created this new trail to show both visitors and Ohioans how to learn ...