Notable sites on Ohio's Underground Railroad. Amelia Robinson (@DDNSmartMouth). Ken-Yon Hardy (@HSBBALLMIXTAPE). Kyle Nagel (@KyleNagelDDN). An estimated 100,000 slaves sought freedom in the 1800s ...

As many people know, the Underground Railroad of the mid-1800s was neither subterranean nor powered by a locomotive. “It was symbolically underground as the network’s clandestine activi… ...

Back in the summer of 1998, I came across a fascinating piece of Ohio's black history: The Underground Railroad.

Back in the early 1800s, without easily navigable roads or railroads, even a journey from New York to Washington, DC, was a multi-day affair. Map of travel times in 1800 and 1830. ( Hathi Trust ) ...