My grandmother’s childhood home was part of the Underground Railroad. It was in Buckeystown, MD. There was a ‘hidden room’ below the front yard that people would hide in. The house I still there to this day and I try to spot where it would be.
Western Marylander here! EMMANUEL Episcopal Church in Cumberland, Maryland was part of the Underground Railroad! Cumberland is very close to the Pennsylvania and WV state lines. The church has Underground tunnels ,used by soldiers during the French & Indian War. Ft. Cumberland was located on the grounds of the present day EMMANUEL Episcopal church! A young Col. George Washington and British General Edward Braddock left Ft. Cumberland heading for Ft. Duesquene, later called Ft. Pitt, present city of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania! Escaped slaves were hidden in these tunnels on their way North to freedom!
Delaware was in fact one of the 15 slave state. While slaves made up a small percentage of the black population, it never abolished slavery. The change came about not through abolition, but through changing agricultural usage of the land reducing the economical advantages of slavery.
No snark intended here. This is a legitimate question. When did run away slaves become "freedom seekers"? I would think a slave who had the courage and wherewithal to run away being termed a "freedom seeker" is not nearly as impactful and could be misunderstood by younger people who don't know their US history. I Jew escaping Poland seeking freedom in a new land is not equivocal to a run away slave. While they both are seeking freedom, a presocuted refugee and an enslaved person are two very very different things.
My grandmother’s childhood home was part of the Underground Railroad. It was in Buckeystown, MD. There was a ‘hidden room’ below the front yard that people would hide in. The house I still there to this day and I try to spot where it would be.
Thank you! Thank you! Perfect timing for this piece. It gives me wonderful information to bring to life in my novel. 😊
Western Marylander here! EMMANUEL Episcopal Church in Cumberland, Maryland was part of the Underground Railroad! Cumberland is very close to the Pennsylvania and WV state lines. The church has Underground tunnels ,used by soldiers during the French & Indian War. Ft. Cumberland was located on the grounds of the present day EMMANUEL Episcopal church! A young Col. George Washington and British General Edward Braddock left Ft. Cumberland heading for Ft. Duesquene, later called Ft. Pitt, present city of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania! Escaped slaves were hidden in these tunnels on their way North to freedom!
Delaware was in fact one of the 15 slave state. While slaves made up a small percentage of the black population, it never abolished slavery. The change came about not through abolition, but through changing agricultural usage of the land reducing the economical advantages of slavery.
Delaware, like Maryland, was a slave state.
MD, MO ,KY were border states during the Civil War!
No snark intended here. This is a legitimate question. When did run away slaves become "freedom seekers"? I would think a slave who had the courage and wherewithal to run away being termed a "freedom seeker" is not nearly as impactful and could be misunderstood by younger people who don't know their US history. I Jew escaping Poland seeking freedom in a new land is not equivocal to a run away slave. While they both are seeking freedom, a presocuted refugee and an enslaved person are two very very different things.