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Underground Railroad: Freedom
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The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will be a living and learning center in Cincinnati offering lessons and reflections on the ongoing struggle for freedom. In addition to celebrating the historic efforts of the Underground Railroad, the Freedom Center will ... showcase the efforts of modern day heroes -- men and women from around the world. Through its exhibits, programs, research and interactive experiences, the Freedom Center will promote collaborative learning, dialogue and will inspire today's freedom movements. For more information, visit http://www.undergroundrailroad.org/ .
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The Underground Railroad was the first great freedom movement in the Americas. The movement started in Columbia, Pennsylvania in 1804 by a Quaker abolitionist named Levi Coffin. He used railroad terminology to confuse the slave catchers. A person leading the fugitives to freedom would be known as CONDUCTOR. It would be their responsibility to get the PASSENGERS(fugitives), fom one Station(safehouse) to another until they would eventually reach a TERMINAL in northern U.S or Canada, where there was freedom.
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Because of the secrecy of the Underground Railroad, written records of those who took this route to freedom do not exist, nor do the numbers of the escapees. It is believed to have been in existence as early as 1837; some sources state even earlier. Historians and scholars have estimated that between 40,000 and 100,000 slaves escaped on the Underground Railroad. This number never presented a serious threat to the institution of slavery, but the escape stories filled slave owners with dread and fear. A former escaped slave, Harriet Tubman, has been credited with leading more than 300 slaves to freedom herself and making 19 trips to the South to do so, even with the threat of a $40,000 reward offered for her capture, dead or alive. Harriet was dubbed “The Moses of Her People”.
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The Underground Railroad was perhaps the most dramatic protest action against slavery in United States history. It was a clandestine operation that began during the colonial period, later became part of organized abolitionist activity in the 19th century, and reached its peak in the period 1830 - 1865. The story of the Underground Railroad is one of individual sacrifice and heroism in the efforts of enslaved people to reach freedom from bondage.
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Company provides Darfur show kiosks Corryville-based Electronic Art has signed a contract to provide kiosks to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center for an exhibit on the tragedies in Darfur. The exhibit on Darfur, a region of western Sudan, opened Wednesday featuring images and video taken by George and Nick Clooney during a recent visit to Darfur. Electronic Arts' kiosks will teach visitors about the struggles in Darfur and about ways to get involved by supporting refugee aid organizations. Electronic Art ... fabricated the custom sign hardware to match the kiosks. The exhibit runs until July 15. (source: Cincinnati Enquirer)
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The Underground Railroad in Ohio was an amazingly efficient and well organized operation, despite the impossibility of open communication and coordination. Routes through the forests, farms and towns were established from one hiding place to the next. In all, nearly three thousand miles of routes criss-crossed the state, most bound in a northeasterly direction, and at least 23 points of entry were established along the Ohio River1. The Underground Railroad in Ohio reached its greatest level of activity in the 1840s, and more stations existed in Ohio than in any other state. For the safety of all involved, few records were kept of the numbers and identities of persons who reached freedom along the railroad, but it is estimated that at least 40,000 passed through Ohio.
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