(Virtual) Freshwater Freedom Seekers

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History & Genealogy, Virtual

Age Group:

Adults
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Program Description

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When most think of the Underground Railroad, images of secret forest paths come to mind—but many freedom seekers escaped by boat. Historian Dr. Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi shares harrowing stories of those who fled slavery across the Great Lakes and the abolitionists who aided them.