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William Thorne and Family  
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Wilbur H. Siebert Collection

William Thorne and Family

Volume:  03
Description:  Photograph of the family of William Thorne, whose home was an Underground Railroad station at Selma, Clark County, Ohio. Mary C. Thorne and her husband William are the seated individuals in the photograph. The individuals standing in the photograph are Mary C. Thorne's son and a white slave who escaped on the Underground Railroad and was taken in by the Thorne family.


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