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Wilbur H. Siebert Collection
Description: Photograph of a portrait depicting William Wright (1788-1865), who was a Quaker and station-keeper on the Underground Railroad with his wife Phebe in Plainfield, Adams County, Pennsylvania. 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: AL03208
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Pennsylvania; Abolitionists; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: York Springs (Pennsylvania); Adams County (Pennsylvania)