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Harriet Tubman:

Did you know that Harriet Tubman also known as "Moses" was a slave who ran away and escaped to freedom. She was the founder of the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad wasn't an actual railroad, it was trails or pathways that slaves used to guide them to Canada where they could be free.  Harriet was called the "Conductor" because she was the person to guide the slaves through the Underground Railroad. Harriet went back to the south 19 times to guide more then 300 slaves to freedom. Harriet didn't do this work all on her own, she had 100's of people along the way to help the slaves find freedom. You can find out more about Harriet using the URR links.

"The Stairway to Freedom"

This photograph shows the "Freedom Stairway," the one hundred steps leading from the Ohio River to the John Rankin House in Ripley, a station on the Underground Railroad. John Rankin (1793-1886) was a Presbyterian minister and educator who devoted much of his life to the antislavery movement. The house has several secret rooms in which slaves were hidden. A light was placed in the window of the house to indicate that it was safe for slaves to approach. The John Rankin House is now a museum, part of the Ohio Historical Society's state-wide network of historic sites.