The Green Book was also known as The Negro Motorist Green Book, and later, The Negro Travelers’ Green Book and was named after its founder Victor Hugo Green. It was a travel guide for African…

Up until the time of the Civil War, Madisonville was a rural and mostly-white community. Immediately after the Civil War, however, Madisonville became home to an influx of African Americans, at first…

Union Baptist Cemetery was established in 1865 by Union Baptist Church, the oldest African American Baptist church in Cincinnati. This cemetery is the resting place of Underground Railroad conductors,…

I'm on my way to Canada by Dr. Joshua McCarter Simpson (1860) (Sung to the tune of Oh! Suzannah!) I'm on my way to Canada that cold and dreary land, The dire effects of slavery I can…