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Rankin Family Collection
Description: Reproduction of a portrait of abolitionist John Rankin of Ripley, Ohio, ca. 1850-1880. Rankin and his wife Jane (identified in some later records as Jean) worked with their neighbors to assist thousands of slaves to escape to freedom. His house in Ripley, situated at the top of a hill overlooking the Ohio River, was a stop on the Underground Railroad. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01174
Subjects: Abolitionists; Brown County (Ohio); Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Ripley (Ohio); Brown County (Ohio)