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Ripley (Ohio) Underground Railroad Collection
Description: This image shows a group of young women on an unidentified street in Ripley, Ohio, in Brown County. Ripley was an important stop in the 19th century for many fugitive slaves who stopped at the Rankin House (owned by John Rankin, a Presbyterian minister) as they made their way further north along the Underground Railroad. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC652_001
Subjects: Underground Railroad; Historic sites Ohio; Historic houses; Women--Ohio; Brown County (Ohio)
Places: Ripley (Ohio); Brown County (Ohio)