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I don't think I've been to a single historic site in the Eastern U.S. where the tour guide failed to mention, "And this was an important stop on the Underground Railroad." Man that RR stopped everywhere! I hope there was a Freedom Express on that route.
Mount Union, PA (small town in central Pennsylvania) still has a decent-sized African-American population dating from its time as an Underground Railroad location.
New Bedford MA, aside from being the nation's premier fishing and whaling port, was a huge part of the Underground Railroad. In fact, abolishonist, Fredrick Douglas even made it his home.
Mount Union, PA (small town in central Pennsylvania) still has a decent-sized African-American population dating from its time as an Underground Railroad location.
interesting, I like hearing about towns like this that not too many people know about, but have had diversity in for a long time in communities that people wouldn't think there would be. I did see that it is 11% Black and this seems high for a communitiy of about 2500 in Central PA near Altoona.
Washington, PA is a satellite city of Pittsburgh. This 200 year old house was the center of the anti-slavery movement (and stop on the underground railroad) in S.W. PA, and is one of only 6 or 7 sites in the U.S. of its kind.
house (http://www.wchspa.org/html/house.htm - broken link)
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