Langston family home photograph   Save
Wilbur H. Siebert Collection
Description: The Langstons, an African-American family, kept an Underground Railroad station at their home, pictured here, in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. This photograph was taken by Diathea C. Scholl. 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: AL03189
Subjects: African Americans--Ohio; Underground Railroad; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)