Sunday, May 07, 2000

Underground Railroad site gets grant

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By Randy McNutt
The Cincinnati Enquirer

        RIPLEY — The John P. Parker Historic Site will receive a $4,050 grant to help develop an educational plan and explain the house's role on the Underground Railroad, trustees announced Saturday.

        “The educational plan envisioned by the trustees ... will depict the dramatic story of Parker and his courageous and fascinating role in the anti-slavery sentiment,” said Charles Nuckolls, founding trustee of the John P. Parker Historical Society.

        The money comes from the Johanna Favrot Fund for Historic Preservation, aimed at saving historic landmarks.

        With the help of the Rev. John Rankin and other lead ing abolitionists in Ripley, on the Ohio River in Brown County, Mr. Parker helped more than 400 slaves escape to Canada.

        The former slave was a major conductor on the Underground Railroad, a network of hiding places for runaway slaves.

        “This grant will help make possible the development of educational materials and ex hibits about the historical and cultural significance of the Parker house in the mid-Ohio River Valley, with much of the interpretive project based on an account of Parker's life,” Mr. Nuckolls said.

        His Promised Land: the Autobiography of John P. Parker was published about four years ago.

       

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