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  • Scenes from around Ripley, Ohio

    Scenes from around Ripley, Ohio

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    Wes Modes
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    Scenes from around Ripley, Ohio The Beebe Chapel CME Church whose pastor Rev. James Settles is the great-grandson of ex-slave, courageous Underground Railroad conductor, and church founder Joseph Settles. #ohioriver #ripley #ohio #slavery #church #undergroundrailroad #abolishion #emancipation #ruins

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  • We’re Headed to New York

    We’re Headed to New York

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    Wes Modes
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    The Hudson River: Environmental fights. Mahican, Munsee and Wappinger removals. Northern slavery, resistance, and abolition. Fights against the pervasive control of capital. Historical and contemporary conflict. Who do you know who shoulders the weight of that history today? Who lives the legacy of that struggle now?

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