Hannah Toliver Historical

Hannah Toliver Historical (HM1WFK)

Location: Clarksville, IN 47129
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 16.14', W 85° 44.384'

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Side AEmancipation Proclamation (1863) did not free slaves in Kentucky. In April 1864, Hannah Toliver, a free black woman living in Jeffersonville, was arrested for aiding a fugitive slave from Kentucky. In May, she was convicted and sentenced to seven years in the Kentucky Penitentiary; she was pardoned January 5, 1865 and returned to Jeffersonville.Side B

Toliver and other blacks risked their freedom aiding fugitives. Slavery in U.S. abolished December 1865.

The underground railroad refers to a widespread network of diverse people in the nineteenth century who aided slaves escaping to freedom from the Southern U.S.
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HM NumberHM1WFK
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Year Placed2008
Placed ByIndiana Historical Bureau, City of Jeffersonville, and Division of Historic Preservation & Archaeology IDNR
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017 at 9:01pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 610244 N 4236412
Decimal Degrees38.26900000, -85.73973333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 16.14', W 85° 44.384'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 16' 8.4" N, 85° 44' 23.04" W
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Area Code(s)812
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 117 Ohio River Scenic Byway, Clarksville IN 47129, US
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