What was the role of free black communities in providing leadership and support for the Underground Railroad?

The alternate history novel tells the story of Cora, a slave in the Antebellum South during the 19th century, who makes a bid for freedom from her Georgia ... May 3, 2019 ... These quilts were embedded with a kind of code, so that by reading the shapes and motifs sewn into the design, an enslaved person on the run ... An award winning Greek Revival Underground Railroad site recalling the anti-slavery activism of Stephen and Harriet Myers and their colleagues, the meetings ... Underground Railroad Living Museum ... The Underground Railroad Living Museum Flight to Freedom Tour is a “storytelling” re-enactment of the original Underground ... Mar 13, 2018 ... The Underground Railroad gave freedom to thousands of enslaved women and men and hope to tens of thousands more. Those who escaped became human ... 6 days ago ... a system of cooperation among active antislavery people in the US before 1863 by which people escaping enslavement were secretly helped to reach the North or ... In the meantime, the NPS has identified four Underground Railroad–related sites in Virginia: Bruin's Slave Jail, in Alexandria; Fort Monroe, in Hampton Roads; ... Quakers of the 18th and 19th century were very aware that Quakers had once held slaves, people who had worked for Quakers but had not been paid for their ... Tennessee ... This heritage site is a part of the American Battlefield Trust's Road to Freedom: Tennessee Tour Guide app, which showcases sites integral to the ... This three-week institute will bring together 25 middle and high school teachers to study the beginnings of the abolitionist movement and the Underground ...