Notes for: John Wass

John Wass is said to have aided with the Underground Railroad during the Civil War. "Just last week I wrote a (true) story for our newspaper about another station of the Underground Railroad in Ritchie County. John Wass, the man who operated that station, was murdered by a neighbor July 12, 1863. It was very, very dangerous to help slaves escape to freedom. West Virginia hadn't been created yet. Although there were relatively few slaves in western Virginia, this was a slave state until our separate statehood June 20, 1863."
Sandra Moats
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