Rhoda Jones photograph   Save
Ohio History Connection
Description: Rhoda Jones standing outside her cabin with her dog near Ripley, Ohio, in May 1910. At this time, Jones was the oldest surviving resident of Africa, a settlement of free African Americans established on a hillside above Ripley; she was actively involved in the Underground Railroad assisting slaves to escape to freedom once they crossed from Kentucky into Ohio across the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01169
Subjects: African American women; Underground Railroad--Ohio; Antislavery movements--Ohio--History--19th century; Former slaves;
Places: Ripley (Ohio); Brown County (Ohio)