Each region is headed by a regional coordinator, who is responsible for coordinating volunteers and finding local history resources. Example sites Ohio is rich in Underground Railroad history. Provided here are only a few of the many sites in Ohio to give you a flavor of the history around you. Too often history is something that happens to other people in other places in other times. It does not touch us.
Local history can be the key to unlocking the power of history.
When you stand in the very room that a runaway slave stood, history comes alive. People in your town. Over 100 years ago, the abolitionist Abby Kelly Foster spoke in Ohio. She said that we would only have emancipation by working a thorough change in the minds, hearts and consciences of the people. She said that slaves must not only be freed but given absolute equality before the law.