Mary C. Thorne portrait   Save
Wilbur H. Siebert Collection
Description: Portrait of Mary C. Thorne, who worked with her husband Thomas Thorne to aid fugitive slaves to freedom in Canada on the Underground Railroad. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03127
Subjects: Women abolitionists - Ohio; Underground Railroad; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Greene County (Ohio)