The Underground Railroad in Rushville. Rushville was known as an important stop on the Underground Railroad in Ohio. Many fugitive slaves fled North to Canada while relying on a network of secret safe houses along the way. Several of these . . . — — Map (db m291933) HM
In 1856, Benjamin Hanby published his first song, Darling Nellie Gray, a tale of fugitive slave Joe Selby, who was en route to Canada. Selby died in the Hanby’s Rushville house in 1842. Selby had hoped to buy the freedom of his love, Nelly, who had . . . — — Map (db m107210) HM