Indiana Centennial Card No. 12

Description:	Series 1. No. 12. Neal’s Mill “Underground Railroad” Station on Eel River in Clay Co.M. R. Hyman, Pub., Indpls.The “Underground Railroad” was a system of secret routes that existed north of the Ohio river, prior to the Civil War, over which fugitive slaves were furtively conveyed northward to the Canadian line, being passed on from one “agent” to another, who carried them over stages or by relay. This work was a monument to the moral zeal of a large element whose protest against an iniquitous evil amounted to a defiance of that law of the nation which forbade any aid to fugitive slaves.The routes extended northward from certain crossing places of the Ohio River, but, though charts of them have been published, it is safe to say none of these is complete. In Indiana the most famous route ran up the east side of the State where the Quaker element was strongest, those people being conspicuous in their opposition to slavery. A recent book by Col. W. M. Cockrum shows that many escaping slaves passed through sections of southwest Indiana and the history of the conflicts between slave and anti-slave advocates presents many a thrilling story.The “stations” were the friendly points where the fugitives were received, concealed and cared for, then secretly forwarded. Neal’s mill near Clay City is said to have been one of these stations. Adapted from Cottman-Hyman Centennial History of Indiana. Copyrighted 1916.Indiana Centennial Historic Mailing Card 1816-1916
Origin:	1916
Publisher:	M. R. Hyman
Source:	http://michianamemory.sjcpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16827coll7/id/476
Collection:	Postcards
Copyright:	This item is in the public domain. For more information, contact local.history@sjcpl.org.
Subjects:	Indiana--History Indiana--Centennial Celebrations, etc.

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