Tag: underground railroad
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Vandals Damage Monuments to Escaped Slaves, Underground Railroad Mural To be Removed
The madness continues all over the country. A statue of “Aunt Lucy” Nichols has been defaced in New Albany, Indiana. Born in 1838, Nichols escaped from a Tennessee farm in 1862 with her young daughter, Mona, and traveled several miles to the Union line across the Hatchie River. She joined the 23rd Indiana Infantry Regiment […]
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Civil War Talk Radio: June 2, 2006
Air Date: 060206 Subject: Fergus M. Bordewich: Bound for Canaan on the Underground Railroad Book: Bound For Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America Guest: Fergus M. Bordewich Summary: One of the paths that led to the Civil War was a hidden one: the Underground Railroad. Fergus M. Bordewich, author […]