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Ripley (Ohio) Underground Railroad Collection
Description: This is a postcard of the Civil War Union Commanders that belonged to a member of the Rankin family. The Rankin House, in Ripley, Ohio, was a stop on the Underground Railroad run by Presbyterian minister John Rankin. John Rankin provided shelter and food to as many as 2,000 fugitive slaves during his career with the Underground Railroad. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC3799_004
Subjects: Underground Railroad; Brown County (Ohio); Abolitionists -- Ohio; Postcards; Civil War; Antislavery movements--Ohio--History--19th century
Places: Ripley (Ohio); Brown County (Ohio)