Historic Black Settlements Of Ohio

Author : David Meyers
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439668957
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historic Black Settlements of Ohio written by David Meyers and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-03 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the years leading up to the Civil War, Ohio had more African American settlements than any other state. Owing to a common border with several slave states, it became a destination for people of color seeking to separate themselves from slavery. Despite these communities having populations that sometimes numbered in the hundreds, little is known about most of them, and by the beginning of the twentieth century, nearly all had lost their ethnic identities as the original settlers died off and their descendants moved away. Save for scattered cemeteries and an occasional house or church, they have all but been erased from Ohio's landscape. Father-daughter coauthors David Meyers and Elise Meyers Walker piece together the stories of more than forty of these black settlements.

Author : David Meyers
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439674310
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reverse Underground Railroad in Ohio written by David Meyers and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prior to the Civil War, thousands escaped slavery via the Underground Railroad. Untold others failed in the attempt. These unfortunate souls were dragged into bondage via the Reverse Underground Railroad, as it came to be called. With more lines on both roads than any other state, the Free State of Ohio became a hunting ground for slavecatchers and kidnappers who roamed the North with impunity, seeking "fugitives" or any person of color who could be sold into slavery. And when they found one, they would kidnap their victim and head south to reap the reward. David Meyers and Elise Meyers Walker, authors of Historic Black Settlements of Ohio, reveal not only the terror and injustice but also the bravery and determination born of this dark time in American history.

Author : Keith P. Griffler
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 081314986X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Front Line of Freedom written by Keith P. Griffler and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Underground Railroad, an often misunderstood antebellum institution, has been viewed as a simple combination of mainly white "conductors" and black "passengers." Keith P. Griffler takes a new, battlefield-level view of the war against American slavery as he reevaluates one of its front lines: the Ohio River, the longest commercial dividing line between slavery and freedom. In shifting the focus from the much discussed white-led "stations" to the primarily black-led frontline struggle along the Ohio, Griffler reveals for the first time the crucial importance of the freedom movement in the river's port cities and towns. Front Line of Freedom fully examines America's first successful interracial freedom movement, which proved to be as much a struggle to transform the states north of the Ohio as those to its south. In a climate of racial proscription, mob violence, and white hostility, the efforts of Ohio Valley African Americans to establish and maintain communities became inextricably linked to the steady stream of fugitives crossing the region. As Griffler traces the efforts of African Americans to free themselves, Griffler provides a window into the process by which this clandestine network took shape and grew into a powerful force in antebellum America.

Author : Ronald Shannon
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 059547716X
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Profiles in Ohio History written by Ronald Shannon and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the first one hundred and seventy-five-year history of the State of Ohio, many Ohio African American residents contributed significantly to Ohio and United States history. This book, which is divided into seven historical periods of Ohio and United States history, presents the lives and achievements of selected Ohio African American residents, including: JAMES STEWART: Founder of the Wyandot Indian Mission, the first Methodist Mission in America JOHN PARKER: Former slave, Conductor of the Underground Railroad, businessman, and inventor THE BLACK BRIGADE OF CINCINNATI: African American defenders of Cincinnati during the Civil War GARRETT MORGAN: Inventor, businessman, and newspaper publisher JOHN MERCER LANGSTON: Former Slave and the first African American elected to public office in the United States CHARLES YOUNG: The highest ranking Army officer during World War I HARRISON DILLARD: The only person to win an Olympic gold medal in both the one hundred meter dash and the one hundred and ten meter high hurdles This book also provides the reader with: information regarding the historical periods in which those profiled lived; a detailed chronological list of dates and events, and several Ohio landmarks relative to the African American experience in Ohio.

Author : Anna-Lisa Cox
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1610398114
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bone and Sinew of the Land written by Anna-Lisa Cox and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-hidden stories of America's black pioneers, the frontier they settled, and their fight for the heart of the nation When black settlers Keziah and Charles Grier started clearing their frontier land in 1818, they couldn't know that they were part of the nation's earliest struggle for equality; they were just looking to build a better life. But within a few years, the Griers would become early Underground Railroad conductors, joining with fellow pioneers and other allies to confront the growing tyranny of bondage and injustice. The Bone and Sinew of the Land tells the Griers' story and the stories of many others like them: the lost history of the nation's first Great Migration. In building hundreds of settlements on the frontier, these black pioneers were making a stand for equality and freedom. Their new home, the Northwest Territory--the wild region that would become present-day Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin--was the first territory to ban slavery and have equal voting rights for all men. Though forgotten today, in their own time the successes of these pioneers made them the targets of racist backlash. Political and even armed battles soon ensued, tearing apart families and communities long before the Civil War. This groundbreaking work of research reveals America's forgotten frontier, where these settlers were inspired by the belief that all men are created equal and a brighter future was possible. Named one of Smithsonian's Best History Books of 2018

Author : William M. Parrish
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781524533472
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Underground Community written by William M. Parrish and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-21 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did blacks settle in the village of Glendale, Ohio? The answer is simple--through the Underground Railroad. Who led them? The answer to that question is why you should continue reading. It appears as though at times history only has room for a few people whose names we hear over and over again, reinforcing their importance. Others not only fall way below the radar of importance, but their existence has literally been wiped off the face of the earth. That was the price one paid for aiding slaves in their effort to achieve freedom. Through this book, you'll learn that there were a number of significant dedicated leaders who gave their lives and significant contributions for the freedom of a people. They were unlikely ambassadors instrumental in the Underground Railroad movement and to the village of Glendale. Among those are an amazing Underground Railroad conductor, two local black pastors of churches in the village who at the time were great influencers, and a teacher so significant in the movement that Eckstein School was named after her. You'll learn that there were three schools for black children in Glendale before the Historic Eckstein School. While there are many unanswered questions relating to blacks settling in Glendale, one thing is certain. Blacks lived in the village even before the village was incorporated in 1855.

Author : Nancy Stearns Theiss
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467143758
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tour on the Underground Railroad along the Ohio River, A written by Nancy Stearns Theiss and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Cheryl Janifer LaRoche
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252095898
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad written by Cheryl Janifer LaRoche and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2013-12-30 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This enlightening study employs the tools of archaeology to uncover a new historical perspective on the Underground Railroad. Unlike previous histories of the Underground Railroad, which have focused on frightened fugitive slaves and their benevolent abolitionist accomplices, Cheryl LaRoche focuses instead on free African American communities, the crucial help they provided to individuals fleeing slavery, and the terrain where those flights to freedom occurred. This study foregrounds several small, rural hamlets on the treacherous southern edge of the free North in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. LaRoche demonstrates how landscape features such as waterways, iron forges, and caves played a key role in the conduct and effectiveness of the Underground Railroad. Rich in oral histories, maps, memoirs, and archaeological investigations, this examination of the "geography of resistance" tells the new powerful and inspiring story of African Americans ensuring their own liberation in the midst of oppression.

Author : Darrel E. Bigham
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813188318
Total Pages : 607 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Jordan's Banks written by Darrel E. Bigham and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Ohio River and its settlements are an integral part of American history, particularly during the country's westward expansion. The vibrant African American communities along the Ohio's banks, however, have rarely been studied in depth. Blacks have lived in the Ohio River Valley since the late eighteenth century, and since the river divided the free labor North and the slave labor South, black communities faced unique challenges. In On Jordan's Banks, Darrel E. Bigham examines the lives of African Americans in the counties along the northern and southern banks of the Ohio River both before and in the years directly following the Civil War. Gleaning material from biographies and primary sources written as early as the 1860s, as well as public records, Bigham separates historical truth from the legends that grew up surrounding these communities. The Ohio River may have separated freedom and slavery, but it was not a barrier to the racial prejudice in the region. Bigham compares early black communities on the northern shore with their southern counterparts, noting that many similarities existed despite the fact that the Roebling Suspension Bridge, constructed in 1866 at Cincinnati, was the first bridge to join the shores. Free blacks in the lower Midwest had difficulty finding employment and adequate housing. Education for their children was severely restricted if not completely forbidden, and blacks could neither vote nor testify against whites in court. Indiana and Illinois passed laws to prevent black migrants from settling within their borders, and blacks already living in those states were pressured to leave. Despite these challenges, black river communities continued to thrive during slavery, after emancipation, and throughout the Jim Crow era. Families were established despite forced separations and the lack of legally recognized marriages. Blacks were subjected to intimidation and violence on both shores and were denied even the most basic state-supported services. As a result, communities were left to devise their own strategies for preventing homelessness, disease, and unemployment. Bigham chronicles the lives of blacks in small river towns and urban centers alike and shows how family, community, and education were central to their development as free citizens. These local histories and life stories are an important part of understanding the evolution of race relations in a critical American region. On Jordan's Banks documents the developing patterns of employment, housing, education, and religious and cultural life that would later shape African American communities during the Jim Crow era and well into the twentieth century.

Author : Timothy Shay Arthur
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of Ohio, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time written by Timothy Shay Arthur and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: