John A. Innis portrait   Save
Wilbur H. Siebert Collection
Description: John A. Innis (1800-1866) aided fugitive slaves to freedom in Canada on the Underground Railroad in Salem, Massachusetts. This cabinet card is from Shaw and Chamberlin on 51 New Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts. 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: AL03057
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Massachusetts; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Salem (Massachusetts)