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The location of the sawmill at Peter Wentz Farmstead, where Jack the runaway slave likely worked, can be identified by exposed stones under the sod behind the farmhouse. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The historic Peter Wentz Farmstead in Montgomery County has been selected by the National Park Service for recognition as a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom site. The Worcester Township property will join more than 680 other places in the network database.
“The recognition of historic architecture, such as the Peter Wentz Farmstead, and the multisensory experience will help to educate future generations about Black history in our backyard and beyond,” Ken Lawrence, vice chair of the county Board of Commissioners, said in a statement.
Fort Barrancas area recognized as Underground Railroad Site
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GULF BREEZE Fort Barrancas Area was accepted into the National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom on April 23.
Located on Naval Air Station Pensacola, the 64.06-acre Fort Barrancas Area is managed by Gulf Islands National Seashore.
The National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom is a federal program that commemorates the stories of the men and women who risked everything for freedom and those who helped them. It honors, preserves, and promotes the history of resistance to enslavement through escape and flight worldwide.
April 26, 2021
Among 16 sites that were announced as additions to the National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program, Friday is a building in Knoxville steeped in history.
The old Knox County Courthouse in Knoxville was the site of several legal cases stemming from the 1842 escape of Susan “Sukey” Richardson, her three children, and Hannah Morrison who were held in bondage in southern Illinois, drawing important attention to the existence of slavery in a “free” state.
The Knox County Courthouse in Knoxville hasn’t been a legal building since shortly after 1873 when the county seat moved to Galesburg
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