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John P. Parker was an African American slave who was able to purchase his freedom , but of course he was far more than just that. He was also a inventor, abolitionist, iron molder, and industrialist.
At 8 years old, he separated from his mother to be sold at a slave market in Richmond, Virginia to a doctor. He served the family in Mobile, Alabama. While working for the family, they taught him to read and write even though it was against the law. The doctor allowed him to be an apprentice for an iron foundry. Some of what he earned, he was allowed to keep. He went on to persuade one of the doctor's elderly female patient's to purchase him. When he earned enough money, he was able to purchase his freedom in 1845 at 18 years old for $1,800.
On February 4th of 1900, John P. Parker passed in Ripley, Ohio.
First Parker went to Indiana. There he participated as an abolitionist. The year of 1848, he married Miranda Boulden in Cincinnati. In 1850, the two settled down in Ripley, Ohio where they started a family. They had 6-8 children together. He started to work as an iron molder. Then he decided that he wanted to work for himself. He started an iron foundry. At night he began to rescue slaves when he joined the resistance movement(also known as the Underground Railroad). He helped rescue over 900 slaves. An $1,000 bounty was placed on him. After the Civil War was over he dedicated his time to his foundry.
John P. Parker was born in 1827. He was born to a Black slave woman and a white father in Norfolk, Virginia.
Parker was the founder of multiple business.
His home in Ripley, Ohio was able to be stabilized and restored.
Parker has many exhibits that has been dedicated to his life story.
https://youtu.be/3RlBgoE9oP0
http://johnparkerhouse.net/about/
https://www.cincinnatihistory.org/post/john-p-parker-an-american-hero