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many depots disappeared from trackside--many simply demolished

The Buckeye State hosted about half of all fugitive slave traffic of the antebellum era

most first-time offenders between the ages of 16 and 30 were housed in the Ohio Penitentiary

The Conductor hidden immigration and tradeKnown in his day as the Father of Abolitionism, Reverend John Rankin is one of the greatest heroes previously lost to history. Sitting high above the small community of Ripley, Ohio, a lantern shone in the front window of a small, red brick home at night. It was a signal to slaves in Kentuckya beacon of liberty in the darknessjust across the Ohio River. Anyone fleeing bondage could look to Reverend John Rankins home for hope. To the slaveholders they