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Newspaper
Springfield News Sun
Location
Springfield, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1931
Page
2
Poem praising abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison. The verse extols truth, courage, and resistance against oppression and tyranny, urging continued speaks for the suffering nation until bondage is broken.
Editor Relph M Watts opens a multi part history detailing Ohio’s Civil War era Railway car networks used to aid escaped enslaved people. The piece introduces the project and links Watts background to Ohio Wesleyan education and Mechanicsburg High School coaching.
The article details Mechanicsburg Ohio as a major abolitionist center with three main routes and multiple stations. It highlights Rev. John Rankin in Ripley and Udney Hyde in Mechanicsburg guiding hundreds of enslaved people toward Canada and freedom. Notable stations include Rathbun, Ware, and Cratty, with harrowing escapes, hidden basements, and vigilant conductors maintaining secrecy amid marshals and slave catchers.
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