Mordecai Kayes home photograph   Save
Wilbur H. Siebert Collection
Description: Mordecai Kayes kept fugitive slaves in his home, pictured here, at Embreville in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The photograph was taken in 1919. The person in the photograph is not identified. 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: AL03200
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Pennsylvania; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Embreville (Pennsylvania); Chester County (Pennsylvania)