Cycling the Underground Railroad--Part 2
DAY 12: DELAWARE TO BELLEVILLE, OH An "Ohio Century Farm" north of Delaware, Ohio. The streets were wet and it was threatening rain on my departure from Delaware. But somehow on my traverse through (mostly) gentle rolling woods and farmland, I managed to avoid the surrounding storms. Thunder was ever present, but rain over my head never materialized, for which I am grateful. Dark skies typical of today's ride, as sceen from Main Street in Fredericktown, OH. As I journeyed today, I thought of the minor sense of relief that fugitives from human bondage must have felt being assisted by conductors on the Underground here in Ohio, and traveling over less hostile terrain. But they could still be pursued by slave catchers and returned to bondage, if they lived through the lashings and punishment for their attempted escape. Freedom was still at least 70 miles away (the port of Sandusky) over land and boat ride to Canada. It would be further if th...