YEAHHH!!!! So this was the highlight of the trip last year and this year it was just as powerful. We visited the town of Ripley, Ohio on the Ohio River. Ohio was a free state and on the other side of the river was Kentucky a slave state. This town was a major stop on the Underground Railroad. There is a house high up on a hill that was a safe house so freedom seeking slaves had to make it across the River and once they were over it wasn't clear sailing. They needed to avoid slave hunters. The freedom seekers had to run up the steep hill in the dark of night and often with no shoes. They were tired from the long journey and had little energy from lack of food. Making it to the top of the hill and to the house of Rev> John Rainkin was a major step in their quest to freedom.
The Freedom seekers need to hide during the day and travel at night. This is where many hid from the slave hunter.
today was a great day with lots of traveling. Tomorrow will be our longest stretch of driving and we will end in Oberlin Ohio, a small town full of amazing history.
2 comments:
What's that around your neck, the GPS I said you'd never use :P Looks like you are having fun, can't wait to have you home.
It sounds like an amazing trip. I am glad you are posting pictures and telling about what experiences you are having. How fun!
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