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The Civil War: Underground Railroad Descendants

Detroit Historical Society panel on underground railroad descendents.

Detroit Historical Society panel on underground railroad descendents.

Washington, DC
Saturday, May 7, 2011

The Detroit Historical Society hosted descendants of people both slave and free who traveled and worked on the Underground Railroad for an evening of conversation and commemoration. Panelists talk about ancestors who fled slavery and those who assisted them. This is the second half of a two-part program.

Updated: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 1:09pm (ET)

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