Hannah Toliver - Jeffersonville, Indiana
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N 38° 16.141 W 085° 44.382
16S E 610247 N 4236414
Marker honoring the work of Hannah Toliver, who was convicted for aiding others fleeing slavery.
Waymark Code: WM6M90
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 06/20/2009
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?Marker text reads:
"Hannah Toliver - Emancipation Proclamation (1863) did not free slaves in Kentucky. In April 1864, Hannah Toliver, a free black woman living in Jeffersonville, was arrested for aiding a fugitive slave from Kentucky. In May, she was convicted and sentenced to seven years in the Kentucky Penitentiary; She was pardoned January 5, 1865 and returned to Jeffersonville. (Continued on the other side) Hannah Toliver (Continued from other side) Toliver and other blacks risked their freedom aiding fugitives. Slavery in U.S. abolished December 1865. The Underground Railroad refers to a widespread network of diverse people in the nineteenth century who aided slaves escaping to freedom from the southern U.S. Installed 2008 Indiana Historical Bureau, City of Jeffersonville, Division of Historic Preservation & Archaeology, IDNR"
Address:
Jeffersonville, IN USA
Site Details: Open 24X7X365 Roadside Marker
Open to the public?: Public
Name of organization who placed the marker: Indiana Historical Bureau, City of Jeffersonville, Division of Historic Preservation & Archaeology, IDNR
Web site: Not listed
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