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COLORED CONVENTION HEARTLAND: BLACK ORGANIZERS, WOMEN AND THE OHIO MOVEMENT<\/h3>\n

BIOGRAPHIES<\/h1>\n

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“Oberlin Rescuers at Cuyahoga County Jail, April 1859.” Courtesy of Oberlin College Archives.<\/p><\/div>\n

Above is a photograph of the Oberlin-Wellington Rescuers who took fugitive John Price from officials tasked with returning him to a slave-owner in Kentucky. Charles H. Langston (#12, above) arranged Price’s safe passage to Canada. Only Langston and Simeon Bushnell (#9, above) went to trial for aiding a fugitive.<\/p>\n

Explore the biographies of Black activists in this section by clicking on each tab.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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