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Col. William Hubbard House

William Hubbard (1787-1863) moved to Ashtabula, Ohio, from Holland Patent, New York, around 1834 to join relatives who owned and operated a successful lumber yard and warehouse in the town. Before moving to Ashtabula, Hubbard served in the War ...

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Wilson Bruce Evans House

A National Historic Landmark, this house was the home of Wilson Bruce Evans (1824-1898), a leading black abolitionist and successful member of Oberlin's commercial and educational communities. Wilson Bruce Evans and his brother Henry Evans were participants in the ...

Village of Mt. Pleasant Historic District

The historic village of Mount Pleasant was established in 1803 by Robert Carothers, an Irishman from Virginia, and Jesse Thomas, a Quaker from North Carolina, and is important for the role it played in the antislavery movement and the ...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe House

Stowe witnessed the evils of slavery first-hand while touring the neighboring state of Kentucky and visited the home of abolitionist John Rankin in Ripley, Ohio. During her residency in Ohio, she interviewed several former slaves who had escaped to ...

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Madison Historic District

The Georgetown neighborhood, located in Madison, Indiana, on the Ohio River, became home to African Americans as early as the 1820s. The unique feature about this neighborhood is that the homes, churches, and environment that the freedom seekers, conductors, ...

Eleutherian College Classroom and Chapel Building

A National Historic Landmark, Eleutherian College was constructed between 1854 and 1856, and was the first college in Indiana to admit students without regard to race or gender. Some of the college's trustees were among the most active participants ...

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Levi Coffin House

Built in 1839 and now a National Historic Landmark, this house was owned by Levi Coffin (1798-1877), a Quaker abolitionist. Because of his outstanding role in the operation of the Underground Railroad, Coffin has been termed its "president." It ...

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Bethel AME Church, Indianapolis

The first AME church in Indianapolis, the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church has played an important role in the city's black community for over 160 years. Originally founded in 1836 by William Paul Quinn and Augustus Turner, the church, ...

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Beecher Hall

Illinois College, founded in 1829, was one of the first institutions of higher learning chartered in Illinois. Before the Civil War, Illinois College was a center for the antislavery movement in the state. Beecher Hall, the original building of ...

Dr. Richard Eells House

Dr. Richard Eells built this home, now located within the Downtown Quincy Historic District, in 1835. Eells built only the front portion of the house as it stands today, four blocks from the Mississippi River. He lived here until ...

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