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Ohio History Connection
Description: Photograph of Mandy (Amanda) White (1844-1935), wife of Addison White. In 1856, Addison White ran away to Ohio along the Underground Railroad. He eventually made his way to Mechanicsburg in Champaign County. After several attempts by his owner, Daniel White, to recapture him, the citizens of Mechanicsburg raised 950 dollars to pay for Addison's freedom, which White accepted. Addison White spent the remainder of his life as a free man in Mechanicsburg. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1338_08
Subjects: African American Ohioans; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Abolitionists; Underground Railroad; Fugitive slaves--Ohio--History
Places: Mechanicsburg (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)