Columbus: Bound for the Promised Land! A Journey to Freedom at the Ohio Historical Center

By Amy Wagner, posted on March 2nd, 2010.

[ February 6, 2010; 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm. 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm. February 13, 2010; 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm. 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm. February 20, 2010; 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm. 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm. February 27, 2010; 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm. 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm. ] 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 [...]