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Oberlin Rescuers photograph
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 | Subjects: Underground Railroad -- Ohio; Ohio History -- Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights;
Places: Cuyahoga County (Ohio);
Collection: Wilbur H. Siebert Collection
Source: MSS 116 AV; Box 78, Folder 8
Item ID: OHS: AL03156.tif
Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting the Oberlin Rescuers at the Cuyahoga County Jail in April 1859. These twenty men were arrested upon attempting to free an alleged slave from his captors. The event became known as the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue. 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: 2800 pixels
Height: 2000 pixels
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