Columbus: Bound for the Promised Land! A Journey to Freedom at the Ohio Historical Center
By Amy Wagner, posted on March 2nd, 2010.Filed under: Calendar Events
Tagged as: abolition, abolitionists, Brown County, Central Ohio, Columbus (OH), Echoes In Time Theatre, Franklin County, John P. Parker, Ohio Historical Center, Ohio Historical Society, presentations, slavery, Southeast Ohio, the Underground Railroad.
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Echoes In Time Theatre Presents
Hear from John P. Parker, who was born into slavery, purchased his freedom, and settled in Ripley, Ohio, a center of the abolitionist movement, where he became a business leader and active conductor on the Underground Railroad. His home over looking the Ohio River offered a hiding place for many fugitives en route to freedom.
The Ohio Historical Society’s Echoes in Time Theatre presentations are half-hour performances showcasing characters from history most Saturday afternoons at 1 and 3 p.m. The Ohio Historical Center is located at I-71 and 17th Avenue in Columbus. Free with museum admission: $8/adults, $7/seniors, $4/youths and free for Ohio Historical Society members and children 5 years of age and under. Parking is $4 and free for members. For more information, call 800.686.6124 or visit www.ohiohistory.org/calendar.