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An Adrian native who worked as a legislative aide and two college students are the recipients of the 2022 Lenawee County Martin Luther King Jr. awards.

Uncovering Texas’ Underground Railroad The history is only now coming to light Harriet Tubman escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist. She led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad. Texas historians are ramping up a new effort to document freedom seekers who escaped through Texas. That pathway was probably less organized than the network Tubman knew, historians say.(ABRAMS BOOKS - NYT) 2:00 AM on Jul 4, 2021 CDT It may seem odd to talk about a 200-year-old issue as an “emerging field,” but that’s what is happening among historians ...

Film documents history of Underground Railroad in South Texas The National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program and the Organization of American Historians will host a virtual public open house on Thursday to conclude a scholars’ roundtable examining the Underground Railroad in Texas and the southern borderlands. You can view a livestream of the event in the video player above starting at 6 p.m. The Underground Railroad -- the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, through the end of the Civil War -- refers to the efforts of enslaved Africa...

WORCESTER — Montgomery County Parks, Trails, and Historic Sites announced that Peter Wentz Farmstead will offer special Juneteenth tours on Saturday, June 19, to share the story of Jack, an

WHYY By 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...