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With a lounge and a club in the basement, the graffiti-styled Underground offers character for your pre- (or post) party at the Bluestone. Book a tour today. Call (614) 884-4646
Columbus Over Hollywood: Serif’s Big-League Break. May 30, 2024 12:00 pm. Help a Business Out: Posh Teatime Co, Little Cat and Three Bites, Yawning Bear Bread, and Bumble’s Backyard. May 13 ...
- National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati. The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center immerses visitors into the stories of the Underground Railroad.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Cincinnati. Harriet Beecher Stowe and her family moved to Cincinnati in 1832. Stowe was an abolitionist and women's rights advocate and wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, the popular 19th century novel credited with laying the groundwork for the Civil War.
- The Ross-Gowdy Museum of Historic New Richmond. The Greek Revival style house was built in 1853 and Thomas Gowdy, a merchant, later moved into the residence.
- John Parker House in Ripley. After being born into slavery, John Parker, through an apprenticeship, was able to purchase his freedom. He then moved to southern Ohio and opened his own business.
Columbus Underground, Columbus, Ohio. 92,286 likes · 2,328 talking about this. Columbus Underground is an independently owned, award winning, online news publication, covering a wide range of topics.
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- The Kindness of The Keltons
- Dr. Pinney's Speaking Tube
- The Heart of The Hanby House
- Delaware County's First Black-Owned Farm
Martha Hartway's story began in 1864. That's when the 10-year-old fled from the bonds of slavery in Virginia along with her 14-year-old sister, Pearl. The Keltons — Fernando Cortez Kelton, Sophia Stone Kelton and their children — a wealthy, well-liked Columbus family with anti-slavery leanings, gave the sisters shelter in the midst of the Civil War...
In the early 1820s, Dr. Eli Morrison Pinney lived on South Riverview Street along the Scioto River in Dublin. He served as a doctor for what was then a poor farming village north of Columbus. But unbeknownst to his neighbors, Pinney also was an avid abolitionist who took in freedom seekers and hid them in a nearby barn on his property, according to...
William Hanby came to Ohio after fleeing indentured servitude. His mother was a widow, and as one of five children he was contracted to work with a harness-maker for his best chance to learn a trade and make a living. But his master was cruel and Hanby, a white man, escaped to Rushville, Ohio, in Fairfield County from western Pennsylvania. It was i...
Abraham "Abram" Depp knew the costs of bondage firsthand. Born as a slave on a tobacco plantation in Virginia, Depp made his way to Ohio after being freed. He then purchased nearly 400 acres of land in Delaware County, making it the first Black-owned farm in the county. The Depp family turned the farm into a community and was dedicated in assisting...
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Jul 30, 2020 · Before the Civil War, thousands of people escaped slavery by traveling north through Ohio on the Underground Railroad, a loose system of safe "stations" where abolitionists and humanitarians gave aide and shelter to formerly enslaved people.
