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Freedom Seekers: Columbus & the Underground Railroad

with Cathy Nelson
2019-06-13 18:30:00 2019-06-13 20:00:00 America/New_York Freedom Seekers: Columbus & the Underground Railroad Hear researcher and former teacher Cathy Nelson discuss Ohio's prominent role in the Underground Railroad and particular stations throughout Ohio. Martin Luther King - Meeting Room 3

Thursday, June 13
6:30pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2019-06-13 18:30:00 2019-06-13 20:00:00 America/New_York Freedom Seekers: Columbus & the Underground Railroad Hear researcher and former teacher Cathy Nelson discuss Ohio's prominent role in the Underground Railroad and particular stations throughout Ohio. Martin Luther King - Meeting Room 3

Martin Luther King

Meeting Room 3

Hear researcher and former teacher Cathy Nelson discuss Ohio's prominent role in the Underground Railroad and particular stations throughout Ohio.

Hear researcher and former teacher, Cathy Nelson, discuss Ohio's prominent role in the Underground Railroad and particular stations throughout Ohio.

During the nineteenth century, white abolitionists and slave and free blacks cooperated to help hide and transport runaway slaves on their dangerous journey to freedom. Ohio played a prominent role in this movement, and this slide-illustrated presentation describes a history of the Underground Railroad and particular stations throughout Ohio.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Local History & Genealogy |

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