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Photographer: Monument installed in 1993. Photograph by J.J. Prats
Taken: August 24, 2019
Caption: The Underground Railroad Monument
Additional Description: “In memory of
The fugitive slaves whose journey
To freedom brought them to Oberlin.

Shielded by an Almighty arm,
Thy griefs and sufferings now are over,
Beyond the reach of tyrant’s harm.
Freed Spirit, rest forever more!

Lone little wanderer, now no more
’Mid stranger hearts to seek for love,
Thou’st gained thy home, thy native short
and boundless love thy bliss will prove.

Thy Father called thee, suffering one,
He knew and felt thy untold grief.
To him complexions are all one.
He died alike for their relief.

Lee Howard Dobbins • Aged 4 yrs.
Died in Oberlin • A fugitive slave orphan
March 26, 1853.”
Submitted: January 9, 2020, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
Database Locator Identification Number: p507192
File Size: 11.488 Megabytes

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