/tags/underground-railroad Underground Railroad en-US Copyright Tue, 07 Jan 2025 09:19:00 GMT /2025-01-07/how-ohios-father-of-abolitionism-helped-2-000-people-reach-freedom A new book is celebrating the life of one of Ohio’s earliest and most active conductors along the Underground Railroad: Reverend John Rankin. Tue, 07 Jan 2025 09:19:00 GMT /2025-01-07/how-ohios-father-of-abolitionism-helped-2-000-people-reach-freedom Erin Gottsacker /wvxu-stories/2020-09-17/exhibit-explores-parallels-between-underground-railroad-black-lives-matter-efforts-in-college-hill In 1853, 28 people made their escape along the Underground Railroad, making their way from Boone County, Kentucky, through College Hill and neighboring... Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:10:00 GMT /wvxu-stories/2020-09-17/exhibit-explores-parallels-between-underground-railroad-black-lives-matter-efforts-in-college-hill Tana Weingartner /news/2020-07-30/curious-cbus-where-did-the-underground-railroad-pass-through-columbus Before the Civil War, thousands of people escaped slavery by traveling north through Ohio on the Underground Railroad, a loose system of safe "stations"… Thu, 30 Jul 2020 09:30:00 GMT /news/2020-07-30/curious-cbus-where-did-the-underground-railroad-pass-through-columbus Michael De Bonis /ideastream/2020-02-12/dewine-unveils-underground-railroad-historical-markers-along-ohio-turnpike The next time you make a pit stop along the Ohio Turnpike, you can also get a little history lesson. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine unveiled Underground Railroad historical markers at two Ohio Turnpike rest areas Wednesday. The first unveiling was at the Commodore Perry Service Plaza, an eastbound service stop in Clyde. The second was at the Portage Service Place, a westbound service stop in Mantua. Both locations were chosen because of ties to the Underground Railroad. Wed, 12 Feb 2020 20:19:48 GMT /ideastream/2020-02-12/dewine-unveils-underground-railroad-historical-markers-along-ohio-turnpike /news/2019-10-11/columbus-symphony-travels-the-underground-railroad-in-sanctuary-road The Columbus Symphony is taking on the Underground Railroad.This weekend they're performing "Sanctuary Road," an oratorio based on the writings of… Fri, 11 Oct 2019 20:37:06 GMT /news/2019-10-11/columbus-symphony-travels-the-underground-railroad-in-sanctuary-road Clare Roth /wyso-stories/2019-01-15/rare-remaining-ohio-underground-railroad-site-finds-second-life-in-springfield 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... Tue, 15 Jan 2019 17:48:28 GMT /wyso-stories/2019-01-15/rare-remaining-ohio-underground-railroad-site-finds-second-life-in-springfield Jerry Kenney /news/2018-02-07/delaware-county-homes-revealed-as-underground-railroad-safehavens Delaware County’s historical society has identified several homes that were stations on the Underground Railroad between 1800 and 1863.Though these are… Wed, 07 Feb 2018 23:20:56 GMT /news/2018-02-07/delaware-county-homes-revealed-as-underground-railroad-safehavens Abby Vesoulis