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In the winter of 1838, a slave woman and her baby began a journey to freedom, avoiding capture in Kentucky by crossing the ice floes in the Ohio River to the safety of the Ripley shore. The story of Eliza in Uncle Tom’s Cabin was based on this incident.
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Ripley, Ohio · United States
