Joseph H. Cope portrait   Save
Wilbur H. Siebert Collection
Description: Reproduction of a portrait depicting Joseph H. Cope (1801-1879), who kept a station on the Underground Railroad with his wife Rebecca at Smithfield, Jefferson 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: AL03137
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Ohio; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Smithfield (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)