Date and Time: October 30, 2021 8:30 PM – 10:00 PM IST
Day: Saturday
Organised by: Washington DC History & Culture
Join us for an online/virtual tour of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad sites in Maryland. Learn how Harriet successfully escaped from slavery and how she then heroically led others to freedom.
Our program will focus on Harriet Tubman’s inspirational life and feature many of the Underground Railroad sites in Maryland associated with her. We’ll include an overview of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Park in Church Creek, Maryland, and other historic sites along the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway. This is a livestream version of the full-day Underground Railroad bus tours we take participants on. Therefore, this will program will be a combined history talk and travel presentation.
The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century, and used by enslaved African-Americans to escape into free states and Canada. The scheme was assisted by abolitionists and others sympathetic to the cause of the escapees. Not literally but metaphorically a railroad, the enslaved who risked escape and those who aided them are also collectively referred to as the “Underground Railroad”.
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Your host for this program is Robert Kelleman, the founder/director of the non-profit community organization Washington, DC History & Culture.
Robert has led many in-person tours of Underground Railroad sites in Maryland and Washington, DC.
Links for two previous Underground Railroad programs Robert participated in are provided below.
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Zoom Connection:
This educational and entertaining program is open to all regardless of age, geographic location, etc. and since it is an online/virtual event via Zoom you can connect from anywhere in the world.
Zoom events have a limit on the number of people that can participate and therefore the event may “sell-out” once a certain number of registrations has been reached.
Zoom Connection Link Will Be Emailed:
Login info will emailed several times beginning 24 hours prior to the event.
If you haven’t received the Zoom connection 8 hours before the event please contact us.
Zoom Connection Suggestions:
Connecting a few minutes early is strongly recommended.
To join the event simply click the Zoom link and follow the instructions.
If clicking the link doesn’t work try copying and pasting it instead.
Password not required.
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When all else fails please read and follow the directions. : )
For more entertaining and educational programs visit us at:
https://www.Facebook.com/DCHistoryAndCulture
https://www.Meetup.com/DCHistoryAndCulture
http://www.youtube.com/c/WashingtonDCHistoryCulture
We look forward to seeing you – thanks!
Robert Kelleman
rkelleman@yahoo.com
202-821-6325 (text only)
History & Culture Travels / Washington, DC History & Culture
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