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The Underground Railroad in Jefferson County, Indiana: An Interracial Partnership Ahead of Its Time
Hosted by Jefferson County Public LibraryJoin historian J. Michael Raley as he examines the day-to-day operations of the Underground Railroad in southeastern Indiana and the Ohio River border region.
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The history of the Underground Railroad has long been marked by contentious debate. Surviving evidence from Jefferson County, Indiana, sheds new light on the day-to-day operations of the Underground Railroad in southeastern Indiana and the Ohio River border region. Join historian J. Michael Raley as he examines the complex interracial network of fugitive slaves, their enslaved and free black families and friends, the free black residents of the Georgetown community in Madison, Indiana, and white abolitionists from area churches and antislavery societies.