Sandusky Docks

ID: 2663 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Sandusky Library/Follett House Museum ~ Creator: E. Sachse and Company ~ Date: 1854

This file appears in: Facer Park - Freedom Coming

This print of the Sandusky Docks shows the extent of the size of both the city’s port and the boats that used its resources. Natural resources such as lumber and stone greatly influenced the area’s growth.

This file appears in: Facer Park - Freedom Coming

Facer Park - Freedom Coming

By Joanna E. Hahn

Regardless of the exact route that Eliza Harris and her child traveled on their journey to escape slavery, there is evidence that they made it to Canada. There are several possibilities to how that happened. If Eliza continued through Indiana then…