Sandusky, Ohio marked an important step in the journey of many enslaved people using the Underground Railroad to make their way across Lake Erie and on into Canada, and freedom, during the mid-1850s.
Check out my story, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, about the importance of several Sandusky sites along the Freedom Trail and their recent designation as official stops along the National Park Service's National Underground Network to Freedom Trail at the Ohio Tourism's Discovering Ohio blog.
Want to learn more about the Underground Railroad? Check out Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad by Eric Foner, which is a new book on the subject that I know is on Tim's wish list. You might also like to check out Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad by Detroit-area journalist Betty DeRamus or Safe Houses and the Underground Railroad in East Central Ohio by Janice VanHorne-Lane.
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