In 1799 Benjamin Tappan founded Ravenna, Ohio. An abolitionist. A man who believed every human being deserved freedom and dignity. He built this city on those principles. Or so the story goes. Because more than 200 years later, the Black families of McElrath and Skeels had a very different story to tell. Promises made. Communities isolated. Families forgotten. Built up just enough to survive— Then left behind. And the deeper you dig into Ravenna’s history, the harder it becomes to ignore what ha

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