Elizabeth Buffum Chace home photograph   Save
Wilbur H. Siebert Collection
Description: Photomechanical reproduction of a home used by Elizabeth Buffum Chace (1806-1899) to conceal fugitive slaves in Valley Falls, Providence County, Rhode Island. 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: AL03213
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Rhode Island; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Valley Falls (Rhode Island); Providence County (Rhode Island)