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Aug 13, 2022 · Black Path, E10. The Black Path ran from Hackney to Walthamstow, on the way passing Broadway Market, Columbia Road and Smithfield. The historic diagonal path was also known as the Templars’ Path and the Porters’ Way. The route was reputedly the pilgrimage from London to Waltham Abbey and possibly further to Walsingham.
- The Kindness of The Keltons
- Dr. Pinney's Speaking Tube
- The Heart of The Hanby House
- Delaware County's First Black-Owned Farm
Martha Hartway's story began in 1864. That's when the 10-year-old fled from the bonds of slavery in Virginia along with her 14-year-old sister, Pearl. The Keltons — Fernando Cortez Kelton, Sophia Stone Kelton and their children — a wealthy, well-liked Columbus family with anti-slavery leanings, gave the sisters shelter in the midst of the Civil War...
In the early 1820s, Dr. Eli Morrison Pinney lived on South Riverview Street along the Scioto River in Dublin. He served as a doctor for what was then a poor farming village north of Columbus. But unbeknownst to his neighbors, Pinney also was an avid abolitionist who took in freedom seekers and hid them in a nearby barn on his property, according to...
William Hanby came to Ohio after fleeing indentured servitude. His mother was a widow, and as one of five children he was contracted to work with a harness-maker for his best chance to learn a trade and make a living. But his master was cruel and Hanby, a white man, escaped to Rushville, Ohio, in Fairfield County from western Pennsylvania. It was i...
Abraham "Abram" Depp knew the costs of bondage firsthand. Born as a slave on a tobacco plantation in Virginia, Depp made his way to Ohio after being freed. He then purchased nearly 400 acres of land in Delaware County, making it the first Black-owned farm in the county. The Depp family turned the farm into a community and was dedicated in assisting...
May 9, 2017 · The Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was neither underground nor a railroad, but a system of loosely connected safe havens where those escaping the brutal conditions of slavery were sheltered, fed, clothed, nursed, concealed, disguised, and instructed during their journey to freedom.
Jul 5, 2016 · The Underground Railroad (UGRR) was neither underground nor a railroad, but a system of loosely connected safe havens where those escaping the brutal conditions of slavery were sheltered, fed, clothed, nursed, concealed, disguised, and instructed during their journey to freedom.
During the 19th century, a network of secret routes and safe houses were set-up to assist enslaved African Americans escape through free states into Canada. Learn more on the Ohio Historical Underground Railroad Trail.
The Underground Railroad was neither underground nor a railroad, but a system of loosely connected safe havens where those escaping the brutal conditions of slavery were sheltered, fed, clothed, nursed, concealed, disguised, and instructed during their journey to freedom.
