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Tag Archives: Harriet Tubman
Introducing Kids To The Underground Railroad
The librarian at the check-out desk looked at me a little strangely when I picked up a large stack of picture books. She knows I don’t have children and beautifully illustrated thirty page books are not the typical volumes found … Continue reading
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center Grand Opening Events
From the NPS: The public is invited to the grand opening of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center March 11 and 12. The National Park Service and the Maryland Park Service have teamed up to provide special family-friendly Grand … Continue reading
WHM Profile: Beth Parnicza
by ECW Correspondent Emily Losito Elizabeth Parnicza stood next to the edge of Stewarts Canal in Maryland, which the abolitionist Harriet Tubman and her father worked on during their time of slavery. The canal was built between 1810 and 1830 … Continue reading
Posted in National Park Service, Personalities, Slavery
Tagged Beth Parnicza, Combahee River Raid, Emily Losito, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center, James Montgomery, Maryland Park Service, National Park Service, Stewart's Canal, Underground Railroad, Women's History Month
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African-Americans in the Civil War (Part 2)
Part two in a series. While thousands of slaves escaped slavery before the Civil War, in many cases using the Underground Railroad, thousands more escaped slavery during the Civil War. In 1862, from April to August the Union army occupied … Continue reading