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Wilbur H. Siebert Collection
Description: Photograph of the Honorable Joseph Poland, who was the editor of an anti-slavery newspaper in Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont. He concealed fugitive slaves in a closet of his printing office as part of the Underground Railroad. The image, taken in 1897, 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: AL03222
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Vermont; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Montpelier (Vermont); Washington County (Vermont)