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Asbury Parker Memorial in ARMCO Park
Boyd County, Kentucky
Asbury Parker Memorial in ARMCO Park The Asbury Parker Memorial at ARMCO Park commemorates the 1857 escape of Asbury Parker (c.1830–1903) from slavery at nearby Clinton Furnace. Located approximately one […]
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Portsmouth Steamboat Landing
Ohio, Scioto County
Portsmouth, Ohio’s Steamboat Landing: A Gateway to Freedom With the opening of the Ohio and Erie Canal in the early 1830s, Portsmouth, Ohio’s Steamboat Landing emerged as an important Underground […]
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Asbury Parker Passage to Freedom
Cabell County, West Virginia
Crossing the River Jordan Asbury Parker’s life traces a remarkable journey from enslavement in Cabell County, Virginia (now West Virginia), through a daring 1857 escape along the Ohio River, to […]
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James M. Ashley Residence
Ohio, Scioto County
James M. Ashley at Huston Corner Abolitionist James M. Ashley lived here with the Huston family from 1848 to 1851 while studying law and helping publish newspapers. In 1851, Ashley […]
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Piketon 59 at Catlettsburg’s Riverfront
Boyd County, Kentucky
During the Civil War, the Catlettsburg Riverfront became the site of one of the largest group escapes of freedom seekers in Kentucky history – the 1862 flight of the Piketon […]
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Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church
Lawrence County, Ohio
Lewis Brooks and Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church In the 1850s, Lewis Brooks, a free Black farmer living near Quaker Bottom (modern Proctorville, Ohio), operated one of the most important Underground […]
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The Johnston House and Post Office
Lawrence County, Ohio
The Johnston House and Post Office: Burlington, Ohio’s Network to Freedom Freedom seekers crossing the Ohio River into Burlington, Ohio, entered a community where Black residents and white allies worked […]
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Payne’s Corner
Gallia County, Ohio
Payne’s Corner Store and Post Office, located in the village of Porter in Gallia County, Ohio, served in the mid-nineteenth century as a key station in a network of abolitionists […]
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John P. Parker House
Brown County, Ohio
Located along the Ohio River in Ripley, Ohio, the John P. Parker House stands as a powerful testament to resilience, courage, and the enduring fight for freedom. Born enslaved in […]
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Red Oak Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
Brown County, Ohio
Red Oak Presbyterian Church and Cemetery The Red Oak Presbyterian Church and Cemetery in Brown County, Ohio, hold a prominent place in the history of the Underground Railroad and the […]
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Joe Logan and the West Union Network to Freedom
Adams County, Ohio
Joe Logan and the West Union Network to Freedom In the summer of 1822, Joseph “Joe” Logan, a determined freedom seeker born into slavery in North Carolina around 1797, made […]
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Wickerham Inn
Adams County, Ohio
Wickerham Inn: Along the Road to Freedom Built between 1801 and 1805 by Revolutionary War veteran Peter Wickerham (1756-1841), the Wickerham Inn was a stagecoach stop and tavern along Zane’s […]
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Greenup County Courthouse
Greenup County, Kentucky
Greenup Revolt and Murder Trial (1829-1830): The Greenup County Court House Square serves as a powerful reminder of how the pursuit of freedom, and the rule of law became deeply […]
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Union Baptist Church
Lawrence County, Ohio
A Busy Junction Worshippers at Union Baptist Church were active participants in the Underground Railroad. Founded in 1819, the congregation is the longest continuously operating African American church in Ohio, […]
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Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church
Lawrence County, Ohio
Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, first organized between 1811 and 1813 in Burlington, Ohio, is recognized as the oldest Black congregation in the state. Located on Macedonia Hill—two miles from Burlington […]
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Bennett’s Mill Covered Bridge
Greenup County, Kentucky
Bennett’s Mill Covered Bridge in Greenup County, Kentucky marks the former location of the Globe Furnace and Ironworks. Here, in November 1837, Isaac Downey, a forty-year-old man, escaped his enslavement, […]
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The Greenup Slave Revolt
Greenup County, Kentucky
On August 14, 1829, in a remarkable act of defiance, a coffle of fifty-five enslaved men, women, and children, forcibly marched from Somerset, Maryland to the slave markets in Natchez, […]
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Bethel AME Church of Gallipolis
Gallia County, Ohio
Just three miles from the mouth of the Kanawha River in what is now West Virginia, the John Gee Black Historical Center in Gallipolis, Ohio, preserves the legacy of Bethel […]
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John T. Wilson Homestead
Adams County, Ohio
The John T. Wilson Homestead in Tranquility, Adams County, Ohio, stands as a powerful testament to the Underground Railroad network that operated in Scott Township from the 1830s through the […]
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Gov. Thomas Kirker Homestead
Adams County, Ohio
Built in 1805 along Zane’s Trace—the historic “Gateway to the West”—the Gov. Thomas Kirker Homestead in Adams County, Ohio, stands as one of the earliest verified Underground Railroad sites in […]
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Escape From Green Bottom Plantation
Cabell County, West Virginia
In the early 1800s, the plantation known as Green Bottom—located along the Ohio River in Cabell County, West Virginia—was home to dozens of enslaved African Americans. Then part of Virginia, […]
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James Major Monroe’s Escape from Guyandotte
Cabell County, West Virginia
In August 1836, after discovering he was to be sold to the “lower markets,” thirty-year-old James Major Monroe escaped from his Guyandotte, Virginia-based enslaver, Victor LeTulle. Leaving behind his wife, […]
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Pleasant Green Baptist Church
Ohio, Scioto County
Founded in 1864 by formerly enslaved individuals, conductors, and freedom seekers, Pleasant Green Baptist Church (PGBC) is the oldest continuous Black Baptist congregation in Portsmouth, Ohio. Its early leaders and […]
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Allen Chapel AME Church
Scioto County, Ohio
Established in 1837, Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church is Portsmouth, Ohio’s oldest Black religious society and one of the oldest AME congregations in Appalachia Ohio. Founded in the […]
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Quinn Chapel AME Church
Lawrence County, Ohio
A Story of Faith and Freedom Founded in December 1856 in the Ironton home of Henry and Rebecca Harvey, the African Methodist Episcopal Church of Ironton—now Quinn Chapel—quickly became a […]
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Campbell House
Lawrence County, Ohio
The Campbell House: A Station of Hope in Ironton’s Underground Railroad Network Built in 1851, the Campbell House in Ironton, Ohio, served as a station on the Underground Railroad and […]
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John Rankin House Historic Site
Brown County, Ohio
Liberty Hill and the Road to Freedom Built in 1828, the Rankin House, home of Rev. John and Jean Lowry Rankin and their thirteen children, became one of the most […]
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