Discussion: Modern
Underground Railroad Preservation and Education Efforts
"The
Underground Railroad," however, has always been more false than true.
Though there are no extant production records of The
Underground Railroad after 1880, the Hyers troupe performed Out of Bondage until the ensemble was disbanded for the last time in 1893.
"People Saving Places: The
Underground Railroad in Illinois," was directed by University of Chicago student Catalina Parra.
For his services as the city's resident "expert" on the
Underground Railroad, Cottrell received a salary and benefit package that cost city taxpayers $118,904 a year.
While the book centers on biographical material on 600 people and families who were part of the
Underground Railroad, it also overviews events and offers context.
Follow along as this awesome trio encounter some of history's best known heroes of the
Underground Railroad.
This task first requires finding reliable narratives that connect
Underground Railroad activities to Niagara Falls, then connecting those activities to specific sites within the present city.
The National
Underground Railroad Freedom Center has become a starting point for research on modern-day slavery.
Support comes from London-based Parisians
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
"When Thunder Rolls: The
Underground Railroad and the Civil War" is a tale of the
Underground Railroad, a line of people that slaves knew to run to for aid and assistance in trying to flee northward for the most basic of freedoms that so many Americans hold dear.
Ellen Levine and Kadir Nelson's HENRY'S FREEDOM BOX: A TRUE STORY FROM THE
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (043977733X, $16.99) tells of a young slave who doesn't know how birthday or age, and who dreams of freedom even as his family is sold.
RENSSELAER -- Trent Graham of Black Dimensions In Art, Inc., who conducted a workshop session on the life of Edmonia Lewis at a recent conference on the
underground railroad movement, addressed the March 7th meeting of the Rensselaer City Council on the same subject.
Its flagship program teaches about monumental events in African American history, such as the
Underground Railroad and the civil rights movement.
A four-page index links Maine women to the
Underground Railroad, Shakers, Penobscot Indians, suffrage, and the Audubon Society.