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This pattern represents the Shoofly that showed enslaved people who the helper, or “railroad conductors,” were.
Sites of African American History: The Gammon House
Cincinnati Sites & Stories | Maya Drozdz: The Gammon House is one of only 3 existing Ohio “stops” on the Underground Railroad owned by a free person of color. It was built in 1850, the same year that the Fugitive Slave Act was passed, imposing fines and...
The Gammon House: a Historical Treasure
The Hub Springfield | Steve Schlather | February 2021 Springfield residents can connect to the history of resistance to slavery by visiting The Gammon House, a stop on the 19th-Century Underground Railroad for people seeking freedom. Camille Hall, a board member...
15 Facts About the Underground Railroad
The Historian | May 16, 2023: The Underground Railroad was not a physical railroad, but rather a covert network of routes, safe houses, and individuals who facilitated the escape of enslaved African Americans from the Southern states to freedom in the North and Canada...
Rare Remaining Ohio Underground Railroad Site Finds Second Life In Springfield
91.3 WYSO | by Jerry Kenney | January 15, 2019: In the decades leading up to the Civil War, the Underground Railroad ferried enslaved African Americans in the South to freedom in the northern United States and Canada. And Southwest Ohio, bordering the slave states of...