Lewis G. Clark photograph   Save
Wilbur H. Siebert Collection
Description: Photograph of Lewis G. Clark (b. 1815), an Underground Railroad worker who was inspired the character of George Harris in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Attached to the picture is some string made from flax that Mr. Clark raised and spun himself. 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: AL03131
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Massachusetts; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Boston (Massachusetts)