This is a great visual from inside of the basement of the Lathrop house in Sylvania Ohio which used to act as a safe haven and was part of the under ground rail ground
I always wonder what kind of person I would've been if I were I a slave. Would I have the boldness to run and escape? Would I play it safe and endure? Being the person I am today, I'd be always plotting to poison my master and his family and then make it easier to escape.
I would have created a army and killed them all 🤷🏽♀️ it’s simple ! The reason we aren’t our ancestors today. If we were, half of the shit wouldn’t even go down . They love to put fear in our hearts . Especially today and one thing I am not is afraid 🖕🏾
Not All Homes along the Underground Railroad were anything "special". That's what made them work. If you find the Historical Blennerhasset Island on the Ohio River between Parkersburg, WV and Belpre, Ohio, you will see the replica of the Blennerhassets Mansion. They owned slaves on that island. But, Mrs. Blennerhasset taught her slaves to read AND she inoculated them. They treated their slaves well. One slave- nicknamed "Cajo", was their flatboat pilot. He lived to be 125 and had 3 wives over his long life. He's buried in Washington County, Ohio between two of his wives. There are homes along the Ohio River that were "stops" along the Underground Railroad. Slaves walked and swam from West Virginia to Ohio and hid in the cornfields of those properties where the owners or workers helped hide and feed the slaves until the person came to get them for the next phase of the journey. There are a mix of black, white and Indian people in the area still today called "mulungeon". If you study the Cherokee line, you will see they are a.mix of races. People in WV and Ohio-this area- have had an existence of peace among the races unlike other parts of the United States. When Martin Luther King came to give his speeches, he came to the City Park in Parkersburg. The people of the area, black and white, met his bus. They told him to get back on the bus. They were fine and didn't need him stirring up prejudice here. I grew up in Parkersburg. My dad was mostly of Indian heritage with irish. He looked black and Indian. My mom is European with some Indian. My great great grandfather was a fur trader and trapper on the Ohio River. It is beautiful in this area. But it is the spirit of our ancestors that made this area a peaceful place to live. But ugliness of man comes eventually to every area.
@@thelldahthick9438 thank you so much for the information I really appreciate it and I love history and learning about things ❤️ I appreciate all of the information that was given
@@thelldahthick9438 - You posted this 8 months ago, but I just read it now. I really enjoyed reading what you wrote. Thank you for sharing this. I agree with your comments about ugliness coming eventually to every area. When people from all kinds of different ethnicities and walks of life can form a community and act like real neighbors, that is rare indeed.
@@ComesTheLight thank you. I know that peace and love WILL come to the Entire Earth one day soon. Jehovah God has promised it. His purpose for humankind was to fill the earth and subdue it, forever. Man "plans" but God "purposes", and no rebellious act of the first humans will stop Him.
The Stone Academy in Zanesville, Ohio was part of the underground railroad. They give tours and you can see where runaway slaves were hidden while they were being taken to other safe places along the route. They also have quite a lot of historical artifacts related to the town and its history. I'd recommend going there.
I’m not going to say why I’m watching but everyone should have a hidden passage, room or escape route. I’m investigating how this can be built. Interesting!
Great video! Don't you just love those Ohioans! Well as it turns out my Madison Co, KY family is DNA connected to both Ohio & Indiana to Underground Railroad sites... first is the James Clemens family of Darke Co, Ohio and 2nd the Levi Coffin family of Fountain City, Indiana. Levi Coffin a Quacker was considered the father of the Underground Railroad who basically started the movement.
@@alanbrown3172 Well, I'm a AA male from Ohio and I must confess it's hard to say who officially started the UGRR... but who cares because that doesn't matter as long as it worked which we know it did. Nonetheless I'm just proud to be connected to a early AA Ohio family with roots deeply involved in the UGRR as a conductor even after the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. In fact way before the Civil War my relative was arrested in Darke County, Ohio for his involvement in the UGRR but was later granted a presidential pardon.
@@alanbrown3172 Right on, Alan. Freedom seekers already had an underground railroad network of their own before white people finally stepped up to give them some support.
@@alantaylor9593 - Technically, the UGRR already existed in the 1600's. Black people started it, from what I understand. Back then, and in the early 1700's, most runaways left without permission to go visit their families; then they'd usually go back to their master's eventually. When they wanted to see their family again, they'd run away again. Over time though, people just wanted to be free. I sure would too! The UGRR existed for over 100 years before white people got involved with it. Vestal Coffin, Levi's cousin, started helping people trying to escape in 1819, when he helped John Dimry/Dimery escape to freedom from New Garden, North Carolina. Vestal died young, but before he died, he had taught his cousin Levi what to do. As Levi got more experienced, he would work with black families along the Ohio River to help people escape to Canada. I am curious who your relative was? I'm glad he was pardoned. You have every right to be proud of your roots. I would be too! I've visited the Levi & Catharine Coffin House -- it was an amazing experience, but I wish we knew more about the black people, both free and enslaved, who risked their lives on the UGRR to help others be free. Too many people and stories get lost to history and I wish we could uncover these stories. May the people never be forgotten.
If you don't mind my asking Alan, how do you connect to the Levi Coffin family? And what kind of DNA test did you take that helped you figure out your connection to these families? (Was it Ancestry's test (which tests both parents), or was it a Y-DNA test (paternal line only), or an mtDNA test (maternal line only)....or....did you take all of them? Since I"m female, I couldn't do the Y-DNA test, but my brother helped out by doing the test for our paternal line.
I was born in ohio. My parents bought an old legitimate haunted house. Previous owners left in one car in the middle of the night and a lengthy history of suicides at the house including kids and adults. We had a ton of paranormal things happen. Sightings of ghosts, mischevious pranks in the middle of the night, sounds and visions. In the basement there was a hidden tunnel. It had stone walls and went on further than we would dare explore. The house was right on the ohio river and directly across the river from the Leatherlips statue. My parents remodeled the house and we found lots of treasures kept in the walls and floor including old newspapers and tools a little bit of money too. We moved to florida and someone pulled an abandoned house scheme and was able to convince the county to auction off the house. One summer my best friend up therw called me and said hey dude your house is gone. It was the summer before i was gonna move back up and live in that house. No one ever called or contacted my dad at all. We shouldve never lost that house but i chalk it up to the haunted nature of that house.
FACTS! But it really pisses Republican politicians and Republican voters off as soon as you say "Reparation..." They need to deal with their white fear, seriously.
That’s a amazing discovery should be open for the public for history !
It is! The historical society does a tour of homes every year and has many of the Underground Railroad houses in salem on the stops!
If you're interested in the underground railroad look up the underground railroad museum of Ohio
I always wonder what kind of person I would've been if I were I a slave. Would I have the boldness to run and escape? Would I play it safe and endure? Being the person I am today, I'd be always plotting to poison my master and his family and then make it easier to escape.
I’ve too thought of that...god bless our ancestors. Such a hard thing to think about.
I would have created a army and killed them all 🤷🏽♀️ it’s simple ! The reason we aren’t our ancestors today. If we were, half of the shit wouldn’t even go down . They love to put fear in our hearts . Especially today and one thing I am not is afraid 🖕🏾
Me too
Slaves were weak there's no way they couldnt plot I'm so angry they let this happen to them
@M M slave owners and their buddies who allowed the corruption. Any more questions?
Wow...I would love to visit Ohio for just that reason.
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I would love to see an actual underground railroad house
Not All Homes along the Underground Railroad were anything "special". That's what made them work. If you find the Historical Blennerhasset Island on the Ohio River between Parkersburg, WV and Belpre, Ohio, you will see the replica of the Blennerhassets Mansion. They owned slaves on that island. But, Mrs. Blennerhasset taught her slaves to read AND she inoculated them. They treated their slaves well. One slave- nicknamed "Cajo", was their flatboat pilot. He lived to be 125 and had 3 wives over his long life. He's buried in Washington County, Ohio between two of his wives. There are homes along the Ohio River that were "stops" along the Underground Railroad. Slaves walked and swam from West Virginia to Ohio and hid in the cornfields of those properties where the owners or workers helped hide and feed the slaves until the person came to get them for the next phase of the journey. There are a mix of black, white and Indian people in the area still today called "mulungeon". If you study the Cherokee line, you will see they are a.mix of races. People in WV and Ohio-this area- have had an existence of peace among the races unlike other parts of the United States. When Martin Luther King came to give his speeches, he came to the City Park in Parkersburg. The people of the area, black and white, met his bus. They told him to get back on the bus. They were fine and didn't need him stirring up prejudice here. I grew up in Parkersburg. My dad was mostly of Indian heritage with irish. He looked black and Indian. My mom is European with some Indian. My great great grandfather was a fur trader and trapper on the Ohio River. It is beautiful in this area. But it is the spirit of our ancestors that made this area a peaceful place to live. But ugliness of man comes eventually to every area.
@@thelldahthick9438 thank you so much for the information I really appreciate it and I love history and learning about things ❤️ I appreciate all of the information that was given
@@thelldahthick9438 - You posted this 8 months ago, but I just read it now. I really enjoyed reading what you wrote. Thank you for sharing this. I agree with your comments about ugliness coming eventually to every area. When people from all kinds of different ethnicities and walks of life can form a community and act like real neighbors, that is rare indeed.
@@ComesTheLight thank you. I know that peace and love WILL come to the Entire Earth one day soon. Jehovah God has promised it. His purpose for humankind was to fill the earth and subdue it, forever. Man "plans" but God "purposes", and no rebellious act of the first humans will stop Him.
Levi Coffins house is a museum @@thelldahthick9438
Truly amazing. Thank you kindly for sharing.
All cool till you realize they physically moved a historical remark
Go Harriet tubman
At school I read a magazine about Harriet Tubman
She wasn't real
@@alanbrown3172 bruh
Harriet Tubman is ACTUALLY white!!!!!
@@alanbrown3172 Harriet tubman is real...Read a book or google
The Stone Academy in Zanesville, Ohio was part of the underground railroad. They give tours and you can see where runaway slaves were hidden while they were being taken to other safe places along the route. They also have quite a lot of historical artifacts related to the town and its history. I'd recommend going there.
I’m not going to say why I’m watching but everyone should have a hidden passage, room or escape route. I’m investigating how this can be built. Interesting!
Great video! Don't you just love those Ohioans!
Well as it turns out my Madison Co, KY family is DNA connected to both Ohio & Indiana to Underground Railroad sites... first is the James Clemens family of Darke Co, Ohio and 2nd the Levi Coffin family of Fountain City, Indiana.
Levi Coffin a Quacker was considered the father of the Underground Railroad who basically started the movement.
A white man didn't start that shit bro. Don't believe the hype
@@alanbrown3172 Well, I'm a AA male from Ohio and I must confess it's hard to say who officially started the UGRR... but who cares because that doesn't matter as long as it worked which we know it did.
Nonetheless I'm just proud to be connected to a early AA Ohio family with roots deeply involved in the UGRR as a conductor even after the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. In fact way before the Civil War my relative was arrested in Darke County, Ohio for his involvement in the UGRR but was later granted a presidential pardon.
@@alanbrown3172 Right on, Alan. Freedom seekers already had an underground railroad network of their own before white people finally stepped up to give them some support.
@@alantaylor9593 - Technically, the UGRR already existed in the 1600's. Black people started it, from what I understand. Back then, and in the early 1700's, most runaways left without permission to go visit their families; then they'd usually go back to their master's eventually. When they wanted to see their family again, they'd run away again. Over time though, people just wanted to be free. I sure would too! The UGRR existed for over 100 years before white people got involved with it. Vestal Coffin, Levi's cousin, started helping people trying to escape in 1819, when he helped John Dimry/Dimery escape to freedom from New Garden, North Carolina. Vestal died young, but before he died, he had taught his cousin Levi what to do. As Levi got more experienced, he would work with black families along the Ohio River to help people escape to Canada. I am curious who your relative was? I'm glad he was pardoned. You have every right to be proud of your roots. I would be too! I've visited the Levi & Catharine Coffin House -- it was an amazing experience, but I wish we knew more about the black people, both free and enslaved, who risked their lives on the UGRR to help others be free. Too many people and stories get lost to history and I wish we could uncover these stories. May the people never be forgotten.
If you don't mind my asking Alan, how do you connect to the Levi Coffin family? And what kind of DNA test did you take that helped you figure out your connection to these families? (Was it Ancestry's test (which tests both parents), or was it a Y-DNA test (paternal line only), or an mtDNA test (maternal line only)....or....did you take all of them? Since I"m female, I couldn't do the Y-DNA test, but my brother helped out by doing the test for our paternal line.
They should make a movie about her. Harriett Tubman the truth
She got a movie last year
They did make a movie about Harriett Tubman. I have seen it four times. You can find it on UA-cam. Movie name is "Harriet".
That's amazing you said that because Hollywood finally did!! 👍
I was born in ohio. My parents bought an old legitimate haunted house. Previous owners left in one car in the middle of the night and a lengthy history of suicides at the house including kids and adults. We had a ton of paranormal things happen. Sightings of ghosts, mischevious pranks in the middle of the night, sounds and visions. In the basement there was a hidden tunnel. It had stone walls and went on further than we would dare explore. The house was right on the ohio river and directly across the river from the Leatherlips statue. My parents remodeled the house and we found lots of treasures kept in the walls and floor including old newspapers and tools a little bit of money too. We moved to florida and someone pulled an abandoned house scheme and was able to convince the county to auction off the house. One summer my best friend up therw called me and said hey dude your house is gone. It was the summer before i was gonna move back up and live in that house. No one ever called or contacted my dad at all. We shouldve never lost that house but i chalk it up to the haunted nature of that house.
it is awsome
Interesting video, although it was hard to hear the gal being interviewed over the volume of the music.
Krayezy kat... she said "And their quest for freedom.."
Rip Harriet
So cool
0:22 is a stone that said boston
Oy Vey.....America has a LOT to atone for.
FACTS! But it really pisses Republican politicians and Republican voters off as soon as you say "Reparation..." They need to deal with their white fear, seriously.
lol don’t go to any synagogues
and now look
Anyone notice the figure at the end in the bottom left?!
yeah, they're called shadows.
No
@@joshuaabram8114 time stamp?
Yall call it courage, I call it guilty conscience.
#AncestorShoes
that was a person
I may be missing something...where in OH is this?
Lois Berkowitz sylvania
Sylvania is like a suburb of Toledo
Ripken Ohio has a lot of preserved places too and Cincinnati has the Underground Railroad museum
Sylvania Ohio
Clark Amy Lee Charles Jackson Karen
Except it wasn't under ground
You're not serious with that remark, right? It's not literally "underground" physically...nor a "railroad".
you never was for freedom??????? how racist of you. guess you didn't realize we can hear you say that at the end.
She said on their quest for freedom lol