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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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