The article reviews the exhibition "Free and Safe: The Underground Railroad in Vermont" at the Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh, Vermont.MARSHALLBailey/HoweJEFFREYBailey/HoweD.Bailey/HoweEBSCO_AspPublic Historian
This underrated two-season drama starring Jurnee Smollett and Aldis Hodge follows the high-stakes journey of Black, enslaved persons making their way through the Underground Railroad in pre-Civil War Georgia. Their long trek to freedom can be difficult to watch given the brutality of the era, bu...
[and his] Operation Underground Railroad…and both participated in [“]anti-trafficking[” schemes] tied to the office ofUtah Attorney General Sean Reyes. It was t[o hide] connections like these…that…both organizations recently reorganized into a new combined [pro-censorship] group—with the...
Krista Kacey, Kira Lynch, and Bree Righter. The filing [also] names Ballard associates Matthew Cooper and Michael Porenta, as well as Ballard’s former organization,Operation Underground Railroad…as defendants….the plaintiffs…seek relief under theTrafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of ...
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Wilberforce was a destination point for the Ohio Underground Railroad. 1856: Martin Henry Freeman becomes the first Black college president at Avery College. 1857: Richard Henry Green is the first African American to graduate from Yale College. Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Creed graduates from the Yale ...
In 1980 he was convicted of having violated the civil rights of people thought to be associated with members of the Weather Underground, by ordering FBI agents to break into their homes and search the premises as part of an attempt to prevent bombings. He was ordered to pay a fine, but ...
makers. In 1873, the area became one of the most ambitious harbor projects on the Great Lakes. This project was known as the “Harbor of Refuge at Sand Beach.” When it was completed, the town sprung up with a railroad station, post office, and thelargest man-made harbor on the Great...
“This 110 year old beauty was used by the Portland Western Railroad! If you like railroad trestles, you’ll love this one! Built back in 1905 for the Oregon Electric Railway by United Railways, the timber stringer type bridge is a classic wooden trestle. ...
While I do have to admit it is neat that someone found a way to shove a sauna and swimming pool underground next to a bowling alley, I don't think it's very practical. If you've ever played any entry in the video game franchiseFallout, you know this doesn't end well; even with ...