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The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century enslaved people of African descent in the United States in efforts to escape to free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause. The term is also applied to the abolitionists, both black and white, free and enslaved, who aided the fugitives. Various other routes led to Mexico or overseas. An "Underground Railroad" running south toward Florida, then a Spanish possession, existed from the late 17th century until shortly after the American Revolution. However, the network now generally known as the Underground Railroad was formed in the early 19th century, and reached its height between 1850 and 1860. One estimate suggests that by 1850, 100,000 slaves had escaped via the "Railroad".
British North America (present-day Canada), where slavery was prohibited, was a popular destination, as its long border gave many points of access. Most former slaves settled in Ontario. More than 30,000 people were said to have escaped there via the network during its 20-year peak period, although U.S. Census figures account for only 6,000. Numerous fugitives' stories are documented in the 1872 book The Underground Railroad Records by William Still, an abolitionist who then headed the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee.
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This is a great visual from inside of the basement of the Lathrop house in Sylvania Ohio which used to act as a safe haven and was part of the under ground rail ground
Dawn of Day is a historical documentary about the Underground Railroad in Kansas that brings to light Wabaunsee County’s unsung heroes who traversed one of the most turbulent times in our nation’s history. Faith, family, and politics united a community of neighbors who lived and died to ensure Kansas was a free state. Richard Pitts, director of the Wonder Workshop in Manhattan, Kansas, narrates the film and interviews educators, historians and descendants of abolitionists whose shared heritage lives on in the freedom we enjoy today. Produced by: Dean Mercer College of Education, Kansas State University Directed by: Rusty Earl Music Licensed from Firstcom.com Cooper Reflected Motion Elias_Trevino Coastal Divide Pollard_Salkeld Brittle Bones Bohn_Worsey...
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www.theindianajames.com Join The Indiana James as he embarks in rediscovering a lost African American cemetery in the middle of the woods in Southern Indiana. While literally constructing a railroad through Indiana, this route was actually used as part of the Underground Railroad system to help run-a-way slaves reach their freedom. Even though Indiana was a "free" state, there were still bounty hunters on the look out.
Enslaved African Americans escaped to freedom in Canada in the 1850s.
An informational video about The Underground Railroad.
Get your free copy of this audiobook: http://copydl.space/mabk/30/en/B01F7PFOZ8/audiobook An important book of epic scope on America's first racially integrated, religiously inspired movement for change. The Civil War brought to a climax the country's bitter division. But the beginnings of slavery's denouement can be traced to a courageous band of ordinary Americans, black and white, slave and free, who joined forces to create what would come to be known as the Underground Railroad, a movement that occupies as romantic a place in the nation's imagination as the Lewis and Clark expedition. The true story of the Underground Railroad is much more morally complex and politically divisive than even the myths suggest. Against a backdrop of the country's westward expansion arose a fierce clash of...
Get your free copy of this audiobook: http://copydl.space/mabk/30/en/B00XBU4EB2/audiobook "i was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger." Harriet Tubman The Underground Railroad is one of the topics that young schoolchildren are most often taught. Every American is familiar with the idea of fugitive slaves escaping to Canada and the North with the help of determined abolitionists and even former escaped slaves like Harriet Tubman. The secrecy involved in the Underground Railroad made it one of the most mysterious aspects of the mid-19th century in America, to the extent that claims spread that 100,000 slaves had escaped via the Underground Railroad. Of course, fr...
Get your free copy of this audiobook: http://hotaudiobook.com/mabk/30/en/B001J6XFBA/download Forbidden Fruit is a collection of fascinating, largely untold tales of ordinary men and women who faced mobs, bloodhounds, bounty hunters, and bullets to be togetherand defy a system that categorized blacks not only as servants, but as property. Here you'll meet, among other extraordinary characters, a fugitive slave from Virginia who spends seventeen years searching for his wife. A Georgia slave couple that sails for England with federal troops trailing behind. A white woman who falls in love with her deceased husband's slave. A young slave girl who is delivered to her fiancé inside a wooden chest. Acclaimed journalist Betty Deramus gleaned these anecdotes from descendants of runaway slave couple...
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For those who undertook the treacherous journey along the Underground Railroad, the goal, despite the sacrifice, was the realization of freedom. This session examined the plight of the enslaved versus the challenges of today in the continued pursuit of freedom.
Simone Boyce joins Sway in the Morning to talk through her new documentary "Footsteps to Freedom" about the history of the underground railroad in Brooklyn. Subscribe to our page: http://bit.ly/SVsBQC TWITTER: http://twitter.com/RealSway http://twitter.com/TheHappyHourwHB http://twitter.com/DJWonder http://twitter.com/ItsTracyG http://twitter.com/NickyGeezy http://twitter.com/YSKSKMedia FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/SwayCalloway WEBSITE: http://swaysuniverse.com
Eleanor Burns shares a story passed down through families about a link between slave-made quilts and the Underground Railroad. Slaves reportedly made coded quilts and then used them to navigate their escape.
Journey to Freedom is a documentary that brings to life the startling similarities between historic slavery and human trafficking, inspiring today's freedom fighters. Produced by the National Underground Freedom Center, with support from US State Dept and Google. Directed by Justin Dillon of Slavery Footprint. For more information see freedomcenter.org/journey-to-freedom.
The thumbnail image "Harriet Tubman's Underground Railroad" is a painting of Paul Collins. Please visit his website for more information on his paintings. His website is http://collinsart.org/ [True Story] The Underground Railroad (for Slaves' Escape Against Slave Hunters) Part 1, Audiobook by William Still
A Woman Called Moses is a television miniseries based on the life of Harriet Tubman, the escaped African American slave who helped to organize the ... A Woman Called Moses (1978) FULL MOVIE Click This Link ♢More Movie :@A Woman Called Moses (1978) A story about Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad. Part 1. A 7th grader presents the story of Harriet Tubman, using still images and audio. I love this movie, I love it when the young Harriet Tubman talks with the Lord and I really love it when Cicely Tyson takes over and talks to GOD. She does an ... Band: Myles Tate III, Bruce Richardson, Chris Holmes Benefit for "A Woman Called Moses" Sponsored by: 'Art in the Evening' Written by: Kansas Joe McCoy. Part 2 of a 2 part movie a A Woman Called Moses (Entire) Part...
"Violence breeds violence, repression breeds retaliation,
and only a cleansing, of our whole society,
can remove this sickness, from our souls"
"I'm gonna continue to say it to America -
The nation in which we live, is the SUPREME culprit!"
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"Look there's a cop on your left, don't say nuttin.."
[Chris Rock] "In my neighborhood, cops was dangerous.."
[Richard Pryor] "Cops degrade you.."
(well alright)
[R. Pryor] "Cops put a hurtin on your ass man, y'know?"
"Gotta break those chains.."
"Good lord we've got to stop them!"
"This can't go on!"
[Yazeed]
For years, we've been travelling the underground railroads
Freedom in sight, we travel through the night
despite attempts to keep us locked, mentally
Time to educate, and overtake oppressors
and RULE like we was meant to be
Poverty, projects, welfare, unprotected sex equals stress
Baguettes bring five you minutes of fame
Twenty-five years of death threats, no regrets
The prison moratorium project, keeps the isle in check
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Black Power that devour, Redsauer society members
I enter, one-two-five, at the Community Justice Center
Logic Avenger, change, rattle caps
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Tone boots in cahoots with my troops
Indeed Yazeed's flow speed switches
which is fatal for these major labels
Hah, fables of incarceration affect Generation X
Cause and effect (Yo, what's this nigga sayin?)
I'm sayin, to the government, more education
Less incarceration, less disrespect, expect
if you keep violating us, we'll have no other alternative
but to strike where you live
Right here and now is the ending of the lies
Thanks for listening, something's got to change right now
Right here and now is the ending of the lies
Thanks for listening, something's got to change right now
Right now..