Cincinnati's Underground Railroad
Cooper, Richard / Jackson![Cincinnati's Underground Railroad](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/156/15672915/CHSBZCOP0315672915.jpg)
Nearly a century after the American Revolution, the waters of the Ohio River provided a real and complex barrier for the United States to navigate. While this waterway was a symbol of freedom and equality for thousands of enslaved black Americans who had escaped from the horrible institution of enslavement, the Ohio River was also used to transport thousands of slaves down the river to the Deep South. Due to Cincinnatis location on the banks o...