Underground Railroad in Portsmouth, Ohio
Explore the hidden history of the Underground Railroad in Portsmouth, Ohio. Located at the confluence of the Ohio and Scioto Rivers, and serving as a gateway t…
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Runaway Slave Advertisements in Portsmouth, Ohiolocation_fillAs a river town, bordering the slave state of Kentucky, the newspapers of Portsmouth, Ohio, would occasionally…
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“Black Friday”: Enforcing Ohio’s “Black Laws” in Portsmouth, Ohiolocation_fillComplying with the request of city officials, Elijah Glover, the editor of the Portsmouth Courier, dutifully p… -
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Portsmouth's African Methodist Episcopal Church and the Underground Railroadlocation_fillPortsmouth's African Methodist Episcopal Church (Allen Chapel - AME) is the city's oldest Black religious soci… -
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Portsmouth's First Presbyterian Church and the Antislavery Movement in Southern Ohiolocation_fillIn the decades leading up to the Civil War, the congregation now known as First Presbyterian of Portsmouth, Oh… -
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John J. Minor's Barbershop and "New Light" on the Underground Railroadlocation_fillBorn in 1828 in Albemarle County, Virginia, John James Minor settled in Portsmouth, Ohio in the mid-1830s, not… -
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Capt. William McClain's Underground Steamboatlocation_fillEliza Esham of Nicholas County, Kentucky claimed Joshua as her property and sued Capt. McClain, seeking damage… -
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“The Crossing”: Robert Dafford's Underground Railroad Mural in Portsmouth, Ohiolocation_fillHidden away in plain sight, like the operations of the Underground Railroad itself, one finds Robert Dafford's… -
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Kennedy & Ashton's Feed Storelocation_fillBuilt in 1852 by Milton Kennedy, Portsmouth's most outspoken abolitionist, the building first housed Kennedy's… -
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James M. Ashley and the Thirteenth Amendmentlocation_fillBorn near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, James Ashley moved with his parents and siblings to Portsmouth in the spri…
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