Aaron L. Benedict portrait   Save
Wilbur H. Siebert Collection
Description: Photographic reproduction of a portrait depicting Aaron L. Benedict (1817-1905), who kept a station on the Underground Railroad in Alum Creek Friends' Settlement, Morrow County, Ohio. 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: AL03168
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Ohio; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Peru Township (Ohio); Morrow County (Ohio)