Joseph C. Brand portrait   Save
Ohio History Connection
Description: Portrait of Joseph C. Brand (1810-1897), who was an agent of the Underground Railroad in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. Brand was born to a slave-holding family in Kentucky. After migrating to Ohio, he developed strong anti-slavery sentiments. Brand delivered the warning message to the Mechanicsburg community that federal marshals were on their way to capture Addison White, who had escaped slavery in Kentucky. This photograph was taken in 1889 and 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: AL03114
Subjects: Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Underground Railroad--Ohio; Antislavery movements--Ohio--History--19th century; Abolitionists;
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)