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Underground Railroad: Payne Cemetery

The Underground Railroad consisted of a large secret network of travel routes and safe havens for freedom-seekers escaping slavery in the mid-19th century. The Ohio River divided freedom and enslavement along several Border States, including Ohio. Like most states achieving statehood after Congress issued the Northwest Ordinance in 1787 – which forbid slavery in states entering the union north of the Ohio River – Ohio’s population was split between pro-slavery and anti-slavery sentiments.…

  • Managed by: USDA Forest Service
  • Coordinates: 39.56148, -82.257964

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