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Underground Railroad: Lick Creek

Lick Creek – Hoosier National Forest The Underground Railroad consisted of a large secret network of travel routes and safe havens for freedom seekers escaping slavery. The Ohio River divided freedom and enslavement along several Border States, including Indiana. Located 20 miles north of the Kentucky border, Lick Creek was a mixed community mostly of free African Americans and Quakers. Located in today’s Hoosier National Forest, it was an important component of the Underground Railroad. It was…

  • Managed by: USDA Forest Service
  • Coordinates: 38.4916599, -86.4110864

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