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What river did the slaves have to cross to be free?
The Ohio River was a significant natural barrier marking the boundary between free states in the north and slave states in the south. Crossing this river often symbolized escaping to freedom for slaves seeking refuge in the north via the Underground Railroad.
Which river would the enslaved persons have to cross to reach Indiana or Ohio?
The Ohio River forms the boundary between Kentucky and the states of Ohio and Indiana.
What is the place slaves crossed before they were free?
Ohio River
Why was crossing the Ohio river such an obstacle for many slaves?
The Ohio river's current was going one way when the slave was going in another direction.
When slaves crossed this point they knew they were nearly free?
The Ohio River.
What large river did Abraham Lincolns family cross when they moved to Indiana?
ohio river
What 2 major bodies of water did the Cherokee cross on that trail of tears?
They took the Ohio River and the Mississippi River.Mississippi @ Missouri
What tributary flows into Mississippi river where Illinois kuntuky and Missouri meet?
That would be the Ohio river, if my geography serves me correctly.
What city in Indiana does the Ohio River cross?
The Ohio does not cross any city in Indiana. Cities and towns in Indiana that border the Ohio River are Lawrenceburg, Petersburg, Aurora, Rising Sun, Vevay, Madison, Jeffersonville, Clarksville, New Albany, Corydon, Evansville, and Mt. Vernon. There may also be some smaller towns that border the Ohio River in Indiana.
How did eliza cross to Ohio?
The character Eliza, from the book Uncle Tom's Cabin walked across a barely-frozen Ohio River.
What river forms the western border of Kentucky?
The Ohio River
What large river did Lincoln's family cross when they moved from Kentucky to Indiana?
The Ohio River forms the boundary between Indiana and Kentucky.
