#introduction I’m dedicated to the practice of public history “from the bottom up” - what the late Staughton Lynd called “guerrilla history.” As the Director of the Center for Public History at Shawnee State University, my projects include the development of a mobile app and website (Scioto Historical); research into the Underground Railroad in Appalachia; and the digitization of a large collection of newspapers from Portsmouth, Ohio. #histodons #publichistory #guerillahistory #UGRR #appalachia

In December 1853, #UGRR leaders #JohnJones and #JamesDBonner began advertising their new #Chicago business venture, the General Intelligence Office

Located on Dearborn Street, the GIO was an employment agency, realty office, money lender and collection agency

It most likely helped new escapees from enslavement find jobs in the City or request help from Chicago's #UndergroundRailroad

In 1854, #FrederickDouglass reprinted the ads in his own newspaper

Chicago Tribune, 12/9/1853 p.2 #histodons

In December 1853, #UGRR leaders JohnJones and #JamesDBonner began advertising their new #Chicago business venture, the General Intelligence Office

Located on Dearborn Street, the GIO was an employment agency, realty office, money lender and collection agency

It most likely helped new escapees from enslavement find jobs in the City or request help from Chicago's #UndergroundRailroad

In 1854, #FrederickDouglass reprinted the ads in his own newspaper

Chicago Tribune, 12/9/1853 p.2 #histodons

In December 1853, #UGRR leaders JohnJones and #JamesDBonner began advertising their new #Chicago business venture, the General Intelligence Office

Located on Dearborn Street, the GIO was an employment agency, realty office, money lender and collection agency

It most likely helped new escapees from enslavement find jobs in the City or request help from Chicago's #UndergroundRailroad

In 1854, #FrederickDouglass reprinted the ads in his own newspaper

Chicago Tribune, Dec. 9, 1853, page 2

On this day in 1848, a convention was held in #Chicago to organize petitions to the Illinois legislature to repeal the State's Black Laws

Earlier, letters had been sent to Black citizens across the State by Black leaders of Chicago's #UndergroundRailroad: #JohnJones #HenryBradford #WilliamJohnson #RevAbrahamTHall and #HenryOWagoner

Like many other efforts of its kind, this appeal made no headway, and the Black Laws remained in force until early 1865
#histodons #UGRR #OTD #Chicagohistory

Some of my interests
#ProtectTransKids
#BlackLivesMatter
#BLM
#antiracism
#UndergroundRailroad
#UGRR
#history
#Chicagohistory
#MeToo