Sally T. Thompson portrait   Save
Wilbur H. Siebert Collection
Description: Hand-drawn portrait of Sally Towell Thompson (1805-1891), who kept an Underground Railroad station northwest of Salem in Washington County, Indiana, with her husband James. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03014
Subjects: Siebert, Wilbur Henry, 1866-1961; Underground Railroad--Indiana; Thompson, Sally, 1805-1891; Thompson, James L., 1804-1886; Abolitionists--Indiana--History
Places: Salem (Indiana); Washington County (Indiana)