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'The Runaway' illustration
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 | Subjects: Underground Railroad -- New York; Ohio History -- Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights;
Places: New York;
Collection: Wilbur H. Siebert Collection
Source: MSS 116 AV; Box 77, Folder 22
Item ID: OHS: AL03086.tif
Description: Reproduction of a picture depicting a fugitive slave that is typical of the images that appeared on handbills of southern slave owners offering rewards for escaped slaves. It appeared in the New York paper "The Anti-Slavery Record" in July 1837. The paper was published by the American Anti-Slavery Society. "The Anti-Slavery Record" often contained images featuring the evils of slavery. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history.
Width: 2000 pixels
Height: 2399 pixels
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