Tag: underground railroad

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July 16, 2024

Evans Home Historical Society Annual Meeting & Wilson Bruce Evans 200th Birthday

Join us on September 14th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the 4th Annual Meeting of the Evans Home Historical Society and the celebration of the 200th birthday of Wilson Bruce Evans, an African American abolitionist and Underground Railroad operative. Discover the progress made in the rehabilitation of the house built by Evans after […]
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June 27, 2024

Middletown Historical Society Fall Open House

The Middletown Historical Society announces its 2024 Fall Open House, featuring two new exhibit rooms. The Business Exhibit features artifacts from various businesses throughout Middletown’s history as well as a collection of items donated by Lee McGee, longtime business owner. The Founders Room features maps and historical facts related to Middletown’s early pioneers. Six other […]
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March 25, 2024

Lady Fanm: Master of Disguise

By Valerie Boyer, School and Inclusive Community Programs Coordinator Lady Fanm Goumen, a Creole woman, was known as many different people throughout her life. She’s said to have been born in the summer between 1807 and 1815 in Franklin, Louisiana. Keep in mind that chattel slavery was a time of not seeing enslaved persons as […]
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February 21, 2024

Tice Davids: The Origins of the Underground Railroad Name

By Valerie Boyer, School and Inclusive Community Programs Coordinator The commonly held notion of the Underground Railroad is that it was a network of people, places and secret routes that spirited southern slaves from captivity to freedom. We can surmise from the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793, that enslaved folx were already making their escape […]
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October 11, 2022

Object Based Learning

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June 3, 2021

Benjamin Lundy, Ohio Abolitionist and Free Labor Advocate

Though Mount Pleasant may be hard to find on the map, this tiny, rural town in southeastern Ohio played a large role in the fight against slavery.