A Tour on the Underground Railroad Along the Ohio River - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Nancy Stearns TheissSeries:History & GuidePublish date:2020-02-03Pages:176
Languages:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467143752ISBN-10:1467143758UPC:9781467143752Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, African American & Black, SlaveryBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCW4Y8MQVT
Running for 664 miles along Kentucky's border, the Ohio River provided a remarkable opportunity for the enslaved to escape to free soil in Indiana and Ohio. The river beckoned fugitive slave Henry Bibb onto a steamboat at Madison, Indiana, headed to Cinci
Languages:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467143752ISBN-10:1467143758UPC:9781467143752Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, African American & Black, SlaveryBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCW4Y8MQVT
Theiss, Nancy Stearns: - Nancy Stearns Theiss is a native of Oldham County, where she grew up on the family farm and married her childhood sweetheart. She has degrees in education, biology and environmental studies and has directed several nonprofits. Currently the executive director of the Oldham County Historical Society, she has written history columns for the Louisville Courier-Journal and the Oldham Era and received numerous recognitions for her various endeavors. She is an avid naturalist and historian who believes that knowing your community and the people, places and living things (past and present) around you helps you understand your place in the world.
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