This Cleveland church was a stop on the Underground Railroad

Tucked away on a quiet street in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood lies a piece of Underground Railroad history.

There’s evidence that St. John’s Episcopal Church – specifically, its bell tower – was a stop on the Underground Railroad, said the Rev. Kelly Aughenbaugh.

“We have a primary source of a parishioner here at St. John’s,” Aughenbaugh said. “[They] wrote something down that said something about the freedom seekers hiding in the bell tower.”…

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