Show underground railroad name ori originated in ohio ie incident that is credi credited tet with ovong ng led to to t the he coining of tile the term Mer ground railroad It allro kr took place in ohio 0 o in ili in that year says a er in the cleveland plain dealer agro by the nime name of tice davos davids escaped anely ped from his plantation in ken ohio slid and was making S ills way y toward lyeth the shore alore of the ohio river his ia f Il aster allaster in close pur pursuit sult tile the yuva I 1 knew new that there was no other for 01 ind nd B him 1111 but to julip ubi in 1 tile 8 water lafter strike out it for the opposite oPP site side tilt colne ta time alme the master located a B arid it in i u started led out across the river all a the while his eye ayea a on oil keeping CP the luell he h escaping heaping ne desro ro almost lat ve reached eclied the ohio shore tile the eap 1 followed the fugitive with eyes or of the he SI ji but 1 ty by the time lie he got out ot iff traci trac C or I 1 and onto to the land lie he lost l tile le negro ro who had digap cisal somewhere w here the truth huttl of tile that a disappearance was kang grolla wp or of abolitionists in ripley 1 ly y t ton the 6 rl resl Sl swimming tire tile ie s shore tore gave him a hand and hurried him away aver over the hills hilis or of brown county and he h e was guided from f rom one station to another until he reached northern ohio near sandusky he settled down to spend ills his days in freedom finding no trace of the missing negro after a thorough 11 search in tile the vicinity of ripley kipley the master spurted that fellow must have gone one olt oft 0 on n an underground road this incident and the masters remark became popular among the abolitionists who soon adopted the term underground railroad nall road for their system of helping runaway slaves |