Parker house in Ripley to the NPS. The Parker House served as an important stop on the Underground Railroad and has operated under the John P. Parker Historical Society since 1996. John P.

John P. Parker might have been forgotten if not ... At night, he acted as “an extractor” for the Underground Railroad, risking his life and livelihood to sneak into Kentucky and help more ...

From “His Promised Land,” the autobiography of John P. Parker (1827-1900), a slave who purchased his freedom and became an Underground Railroad conductor John P. Parker was a prescient man ...

The first story, recorded in “His Promised Land: The Autobiography of John P. Parker, Former Slave and Conductor on the Underground Railroad," tells that Ripley abolitionist John Parker helping ...

The John P. Parker House in Ripley, where he secretly worked as an extractor for the Underground Railroad, is one giant step closer to becoming a unit of the National Park System, which would mean ...

An estimated 100,000 slaves sought freedom in the 1800s through a network of supporters and safe houses known as the Underground ... here for more info. John P. Parker became a slave at 8-years ...

Read an excerpt from Foner’s book, Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad. Who was John Parker? Born in 1827 in Virginia, John Parker was 8 years old when he was ...

But there’s another reason he’s often referred to as “the Father of the Underground Railroad ... to John Rankin, a prominent white abolitionist who lived less than a mile from Parker).

Giant leaps of faith brought an estimated 2,000 runaway slaves to the house John and Jean Rankin shared ... and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad, according to the National ...