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Tom tells the equally tragic and miraculously joyful story of Seth Concklin and Peter Still. It is little known but certainly one of the most remarkable stories among the many remarkable stories of the Underground Railroad. He also includes music by Kim and Reggie Harris and concludes the program with a selection from Porgy and […]

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Tom switches gears and devotes his show to contemporary issues involving slavery and freedom in America today. He describes how the antebellum antislavery movement started under the leadership of William Lloyd Garrison and compares it to what is needed today to preserve our freedoms. Discussion and analysis of contemporary issues follows the consideration of Garrison’s […]

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Aninterview with Debra Sandoe McCauslin, an historian from Gettysburg,Pennsylvania, who discusses the Underground Railroad in the Gettysburg area and talks about some of its more prominent participants. A descendant of George Washington Sandoe, thefirst soldier to die during the Battle of Gettysburg, she currently gives history tours of the region with a focus on the […]

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Interview with Cathy Nelson, founder and coordinator of The Friends of Freedom Society, a statewide organization in Ohio dedicated to raise public awareness about the lives of slaves and their effort to seek freedom through the Underground Railroad. We talk about how the organization started and the many programs it has established, its newsletter and the […]

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An Underground Railroad researcher from Kansas City, Jenkins has produced two major documentaries on the antebellum history of Kansas and Missouri, Negroes to Hire,which is based on stories from the American Slave Narratives gathered from1936-38 and which won the Historical Film of 2010 award from the Jackson CountyMissouri Historical Society, and Freedom Seekers: TheUnderground Railroad […]

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An Underground Railroad researcher from Kansas City, Jenkins has produced two major documentaries on the antebellum history of Kansas and Missouri, Negroes to Hire, which is based on stories from the American Slave Narratives gathered from 1936-38 and which won the Historical Film of 2010 award from the Jackson County Missouri Historical Society, and Freedom […]

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Interview with Joseph McGill, a program officer for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. In the year 2010, Joe embarked on an ambitious and unique project of sleeping in slave quarters that were still in existence, for what is known as the “Slave Cabin Project.” Since then he has slept in more than 30 former […]

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Interview with Paul and Mary Liz Stewart, founders of the Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region in Albany, New York. We discuss their discovery of the Stephen and Harriet Myers residence that was the headquarters of the Underground Railroad in Albany, and which they are transforming into a museum. They talk about programs […]

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Interview with acclaimed writer and historian Fergus Bordewich, the author of six books and whose articles have appeared in the New York Times, Smithsonian, Reader’s Digest, The Atlantic, Harper’s, and New York Magazine. The discussion centers around Bordewich’s monumental book on the Underground Railroad, Bound for Canaan. We discuss what the Underground Railroad was and […]

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Second interview discussing the life and importance of Gerrit Smith. In this show, we focus on Smith’s involvement in the Liberty Party and his association with John Brown. Norman Dann, retired professor of Social Science at Morrisville State College in Central, N.Y., is one of the founders of the National Abolition Hall of Fame and […]

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