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Description: Photographic reproduction of a daguerreotype of Udney Hyde of Mechanicsburg, Ohio. Hyde's home was a stop on the Underground Railroad, and he is believed to have assisted over 500 slaves on their journey to freedom during his lifetime. Hyde is best remembered for his involvement with the case of Addison White, a fugitive from slavery who took refuge in Hyde's home, and was defended from his owner and federal marshals who sought to take him back to Kentucky by Hyde and the townspeople of Mechanicsburg. While White's case was being adjudicated, Hyde remained a fugitive from authorities who wanted to arrest him for violating state and federal law. Hyde was never captured, and following the White case, he returned home and continued to assist fugitive slaves. Hyde eventually settled in Goshen in Champaign County, and died in 1883. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02981
Subjects: Mechanicsburg (Ohio); Underground Railroad--Ohio; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Fugitive slaves
Places: Mechanicsburg (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)