By Lestey Gist, The Gist of Freedom Willis Augustus Hodges, the publisher of a the weekly newspaper, The Ram's Horn and an Underground Railroad agent, Hodges helped escaping African Americans move, and establish the settlement, Blacksville. They used the land granted to them by Peterboro abolitionist Gerrit Smith. Gerritt Smith’s antebellum “scheme of justice and benevolence” championed […]
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