Phebe Wright portrait   Save
Wilbur H. Siebert Collection
Description: Photograph of a portrait depicting Phebe Wierman Wright (1790-1873), a Quaker who kept a station on the Underground Railroad with her husband William 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: AL03209
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Pennsylvania; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: York Springs (Pennsylvania); Adams County (Pennsylvania)