Joshua R. Giddings portrait   Save
Ohio History Connection
Description: Reproduction of a portrait depicting Joshua Reed Giddings (1795-1864), who kept a station on the Underground Railroad at his home in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio. The image 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: AL03103
Subjects: Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Underground Railroad--Ohio; Antislavery movements--Ohio--History--19th century; Abolitionists;
Places: Jefferson (Ohio); Ashtabula County (Ohio)