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Rankin Family Collection
Description: Photographic reproduction of a portrait of abolitionist John Rankin from Ripley, Ohio. The reproduction was created in May 1910. Rankin and his wife Jane (identified in some later records as Jean) worked with their neighbors to assist thousands of slaves to escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Their house in Ripley was an important stop on the route to freedom. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02867
Subjects: Abolitionists; Brown County (Ohio); Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Ripley (Ohio); Brown County (Ohio)