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New Albany's role as a corridor for blacks seeking freedom in the North contributed to the violence of July 1862.
Photo courtesy of Daniel Vivian.
This file appears in: Andrew and Mary Israel and the Israel House
Andrew and Mary Israel and the Israel House
In the early 1830s, Andrew and Mary Israel arrived in New Albany, Indiana, from Ohio. Andrew, a native of Kentucky, earned his living as a cobbler. Mary, originally from Virginia, helped her husband finish shoes. Most of her time, however, went into…