JOHN AND JANE WALLS'S JOURNEY
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John and Jane Walls's journey began in their hometown of Rockingham County, North Carolina, and took them through several states before safely arriving in Canada. John and Jane travelled through Virginia before arriving in Kentucky, where they ran into a group of Kentuckian slave patrollers. In order to prevent suspicion, Jane pretended John was her slave, tied him to a wagon wheel, and whipped him.
After this incident, John and Jane arrived in Indiana, where they met Ephraim and Mary Stout, a Quaker abolitionist couple. It was here that the two were married by Ephraim in a quiet, outdoor ceremony known as "jumping the broom." John and Jane also learned of the Underground Railroad and its various terminals during their stay. While in Indiana, Jane and a group of former slaves, returned to her hometown in North Carolina and led nine slaves to freedom.
John and Jane's plan was to cross Lake Erie into Amherstburg, and made their way to Toledo, Ohio in an effort to make this plan a reality. Finally, the Walls family crossed the Detroit River in an abolitionist-run steam boat named "The Pearl," and arrived in Amherstburg in 1846.
After this incident, John and Jane arrived in Indiana, where they met Ephraim and Mary Stout, a Quaker abolitionist couple. It was here that the two were married by Ephraim in a quiet, outdoor ceremony known as "jumping the broom." John and Jane also learned of the Underground Railroad and its various terminals during their stay. While in Indiana, Jane and a group of former slaves, returned to her hometown in North Carolina and led nine slaves to freedom.
John and Jane's plan was to cross Lake Erie into Amherstburg, and made their way to Toledo, Ohio in an effort to make this plan a reality. Finally, the Walls family crossed the Detroit River in an abolitionist-run steam boat named "The Pearl," and arrived in Amherstburg in 1846.