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imw0055940 - Ohio, Oberlin, Westwood Cemetery, where many runaway slaves and abolitionists are buried. Monument to Lee Howard Dobbins, a 4 year old slave child who died in Oberlin in 1853, on his way to freedom in Canada. His mother died in slavery, and his adoptive mother was forced to leave him behind because of his illness of consumption. Several days after he was left, he died in the home of an Oberlin family. Oberlin was an important stop on the Underground Railroad.
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