Salmon P. Chase
This file appears in: "Eliza's House": Home of John Van Zandt
Salmon P. Chase, who represented John Van Zandt in his case before the Supreme Court, is a notable figure in Ohio and national history. As a lawyer, he is tied to several cases where his anti-slavery support proved instrumental. In 1855 he was elected governor of the Buckeye state and tried unsuccessfully several times to win the presidential nomination. He went on to serve as a Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, nominated by Abraham Lincoln.
This file appears in: "Eliza's House": Home of John Van Zandt
"Eliza's House": Home of John Van Zandt
Eliza Harris, the Black woman who sought freedom with her child in 1838, journeyed north from the Rankin house. The further she traveled, the closer safety may have seemed. But the reality was that the Underground Railroad was threatened continually…