Freedom Bound: Eliza Harris's Escape North
The Underground Railroad, a network of people, routes and safe houses that enslaved people used to escape to freedom, is a difficult history to document. This …
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Courthouse Square and Mechanics’ Row Historic Districtlocation_fillThe first courthouse in what was then Washington, Kentucky (now part of Maysville) often was the site of aucti…
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John Rankin Houselocation_fillWe know that it was at the home of Presbyterian minister John Rankin that Eliza Harris had her first moment of… -
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Red Oak Presbyterian Church and Rev. James Gillilandlocation_fillJohn Rankin, whose home Eliza Norris first sheltered in after escaping slavery in Kentucky and entering Ohio, … -
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"Eliza's House": Home of John Van Zandtlocation_fillEliza Harris, the Black woman who sought freedom with her child in 1838, journeyed north from the Rankin house… -
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Eliza Came Through Herelocation_fillThe importance of Eliza as a cultural figure can be seen in the variety of stories that exist telling of her j… -
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Levi and Catharine Coffin State Historic Sitelocation_fillThe historic home of Quaker couple Levi and Catharine Coffin in Newport (now Fountain City), Indiana was conne… -
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Cabin of Jimmy and Rachel Sillivenlocation_fillMuch of what we know today about the experiences of enslaved peoples on the Underground Railroad comes to us t… -
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Facer Park - Freedom Cominglocation_fillRegardless of the exact route that Eliza Harris and her child traveled on their journey to escape slavery, the… -
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Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Sitelocation_fillThough we cannot be sure exactly where Eliza Harris and her child ended up in Canada, we may have one clue. Le…
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