John W. Jones was as ... Living in the north did not mean Jones had it easy. He could not vote. He still shared sidewalks with former slave-owners. When he asked to receive an education at the ...

Whether born slave or free ... owners before coming to John DeBree, the man from whom Minkins would eventually escape. Minkins survived the perilous journey North to freedom and made it to ...

That's why officials of the John W. Jones Museum in Elmira ... the organization to help another 800 runaway slaves gain their freedom. Jones did more than help escaped slaves.

president of the John W. Jones Museum Board of Trustees. "John Jones ... was never turned in, even though they had slave laws and bounty hunters," Aaron said. "He saved 800 people. He was just ...