- This event has passed.
William Bush’s Journey to Freedom
Hosted by Levi and Catharine Coffin State Historic SiteLearn about Underground Railroad captain William Bush at The Levi and Catharine Coffin House.
Event Details
Join Levi and Catharine Coffin House volunteer Eileen Baker-Wall as she uses an object from her family to tell the story of her great-great grandfather William Bush. Bush, a freedom-seeker who escaped enslavement, came to Fountain City in the 1840s where he became a business and landowner and was known as the “captain” of the Underground Railroad efforts in town. Site Manager Joanna Hahn will provide participants with connections between the story of William Bush and Tiya Miles’ book All That She Carried.
Program registration is required and available at this link or by calling 765.847.1691.
Note: This event is part of Indiana Humanities’ Advancing Racial Equity Community Read program.