Basement Door

ID: 1040 ~ Source: Daniel Vivian ~ Creator: Daniel Vivian ~ Date: 2015

This file appears in: Second Presbyterian Church/Second Baptist Church

A door in the rear of the church is believed to have been used by anti-slavery activists and runaway slaves.
Image courtesy of Daniel Vivian

This file appears in: Second Presbyterian Church/Second Baptist Church

Second Presbyterian Church/Second Baptist Church

By Alex Covington, Jacob Burress, Trish Nohalty, and Tommy Skaggs

Before the Civil War, New Albany was the largest city in Indiana. It also had the largest population of black residents in the state. At least eight percent of Indiana blacks lived in Floyd County. Runaway slaves routinely fled the South by crossing…