Running for 664 miles along Kentucky's border, the Ohio River provided
a remarkable opportunity for the enslaved to escape to free soil in
Indiana and Ohio. The river beckoned fugitive slave Henry Bibb onto a
steamboat at Madison, Indiana, headed to Cincinnati, where he
discovered the Underground Railroad. Upriver from Cincinnati, a
lantern signal high on a hill from the Rankin House in Ripley, Ohio,
stirred others to flee for freedom. These stories and more along the
borderland of the Ohio River also served as the setting for Harriet
Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, which became an inspiration
of human resistance. Author NANCY THEISS, PhD, takes readers on a tour
through American history to places of courage and sacrifice. Books
available for purchase and SIGNING. See more events
at https://www.stowehousecincy.org/events-and-lectures.html
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