2013 Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Conference

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The 2013 National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom (NTF) Conference commemorated the Sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. The theme, The War for Freedom: The Underground Railroad During the Civil War, contested traditional notions that the Underground Railroad ended with the sta…

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    Velma Thomas, Teaching the Emancipation Proclamation

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2014 19:44


    2017 UGRR Conference, Session 8 "Teaching Freedom"

    Pastor Kim Robinson, Media and Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2014 19:08


    2016 UGRR Conference, Session 8 "Teaching Freedom"

    Tom Wing, John Drennan of Van Buren, Arkansas

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2014 22:52


    2018 UGRR Conference, Session 7 "Anything But Civil"

    Barry Jurgensen, Project Based Learning

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2014 19:59


    2013 UGRR Conference, Session 8 "Teaching Freedom"

    Session 7, Q&A

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2014 19:43


    2017 UGRR Conference, Session 7 "Anything But Civil"

    Bruce Purnell, Destination Freedom: The Undeground Railroad Movement

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2014 19:17


    2016 UGRR Conference, Session 7 "Anything But Civil"

    Samuel W. Black, The Drennan Slave Girl Incident and the Pittsburgh Underground

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2014 25:08


    2015 UGRR Conference, Session 7 "Anything But Civil"

    Roy Finkenbine, Emancipation in the Occupied South

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2014 26:11


    2013 UGRR Conference, Plenary Session

    JoAnn Zeise, "The All Came to Work"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2014 21:14


    2015 UGRR Conference, Plenary Session

    Lori Walker, Vital Crossroads

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2014 18:14


    2014 UGRR Conference, Plenary Session

    Session 8, Q&A

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2014 10:14


    2015 UGRR Conference, Session 8 "Teaching Freedom"

    Jim Downs, PhD, The Past That Would Have Been

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2014 62:23


    2013 UGRR Conference, Keynote Address

    Bennie J. McRae Jr., Closing Comments

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2014 32:00


    2013 UGRR Conference, Closing Comments

    Ser Seshsh Ab Heter- Boxley, Closing Comments

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2014 34:06


    2013 UGRR Conference, Closing Comments

    Evan Kutzler, Crossing Tracks in the Confederate South

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2014 19:18


    2013 UGRR Conference, Session 6 "Routes to Freedom"

    Veta Tucker, PhD, Fugitives Enlisted in Michigan's 102nd USCT Regiment

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2014 19:28


    2014 UGRR Conference, Session 5 "On the Record"

    Ronnie Nichols, Troubled Waters: The Mississippi, A River of Freedom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2014 18:18


    2013 UGRR Conference, Session 6 "Routes to Freedom"

    Hari Jones, Patsy M. Fletcher, Patrick Lewis, and Veta Smith Tucker, Q&A

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2014 21:19


    2014 UGRR Conference, Session 5 "On the Record"

    Robert G. Stanton, Closing Comments

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2014 5:49


    2013 UGRR Conference, Closing Comments

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    Patsy M. Fletcher, Running to Uncle Sam

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2014 25:58


    2013 UGRR Conference, Session 5 "On the Record"

    Patrick Lewis, PhD, Sevring New Scholarship on Emancipation and Freedom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2014 19:30


    2013 UGRR Conference, Session 5 "On the Record"

    Eric Poplin, The Rediscovery and Celebration of Harriet Tubman and the Combahee River Raid

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2014 20:45


    2013 UGRR Conference, Session 4 "Digging for Freedom"

    Douglas Stover, Archeology as a Tool for Documenting and Interpreting the Freedman's Colony

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2014 14:51


    2013 UGRR Conference, Session 4 "Digging for Freedom"

    Stephen McBride, "Camp Nelson is now our Canada" (PDF)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2014 18:13


    2013 UGRR Conference, Session 4 "Digging for Freedom"

    John Jameson, Archeology Overview

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2014 5:36


    2013 UGRR Conference, Session 4 "Digging for Freedom"

    Conference Banquet Performance: Christopher Price, Omar Reed

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014 23:03


    Director of the Honey Springs Battlefield Christopher Price and Historical Interpreter Omar Reed deliver a stirring performance depicting an interview of a former slave in Indian territory.

    Sharron Sarthou, PhD, For Fear of Freedom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014 30:34


    2013 UGRR Conference, Session 3 "Crossing the Picket"

    Alisea Williams McLeod, Sharron Sarthou, and Marco Robinson, Q&A

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014 21:28


    2013 UGRR Conference, Session 3 "Crossing the Picket"

    Dave Schafer, James Montgomery and Harriet Tubman's Excellent Adventure

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014 28:53


    2013 UGRR Conference, Session 2 "The Fight for Freedom"

    Todd Mildfelt, Radical in Progress

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014 26:57


    2013 UGRR Conference, Session 2 "The Fight for Freedom"

    Alisea Williams McLeod, PhD They Were Sharp Bargainers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014 22:25


    2013 UGRR Conference, Session 3 "Crossing the Picket"

    James Morgans, Fugitive Slave Escape in Arkansas Prior to the Civil War

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014 19:42


    2013 UGRR Conference, Session 1 "At the Crossroads"

    Leon Graves, Question and Answer Session

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014 25:42


    2013 UGRR Conference, Session 2 "The Fight for Freedom"

    Velma Thomas, Teaching the Emancipation Proclamation (PDF)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014


    2018 UGRR Conference, Session 8 "Teaching Freedom"

    Barry Jurgensen, Project Based Learning (PDF)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014


    2014 UGRR Conference, Session 8 "Teaching Freedom"

    Samuel W. Black, The Drennan Slave Girl Incident and the Pittsburgh Underground (PDF)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014


    2016 UGRR Conference, Session 7 "Anything But Civil"

    Veta Tucker, PhD, Fugitives Enlisted in Michigan's 102nd USCT Regiment (PDF)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014


    2014 UGRR Conference, Session 5 "On the Record"

    The UGRR Through the Eyes of My Ancestors

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014


    2013 UGRR Conference, Literary Materials

    Tom Wing, John Drennan of Van Buren, Arkansas (PDF)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014


    2019 UGRR Conference, Session 7 "Anything But Civil"

    Stephen McBride, "Camp Nelson is now our Canada" (PDF)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014


    2013 UGRR Conference, Session 4 "Digging for Freedom"

    Peggy Loyd, Free Persons of Color from Hempstead and Sevier Counties (PDF)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014


    2013 UGRR Conference, Session 1 "At the Crossroads" (PDF)

    Patrick Lewis, PhD, Sevring New Scholarship on Emancipation and Freedom (PDF)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014


    2013 UGRR Conference, Session 5 "On the Record"

    Eric Poplin, The Rediscovery and Celebration of Harriet Tubman and the Combahee River Raid (PDF)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014


    2013 UGRR Conference, Session 4 "Digging for Freedom"

    Douglas Stover, Archeology as a Tool for Documenting and Interpreting the Freedman's Colony (PDF)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014


    2013 UGRR Conference, Session 4 "Digging for Freedom"

    Ronnie Nichols, Troubled Waters: The Mississippi, A River of Freedom (PDF)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014


    2013 UGRR Conference, Session 6 "Routes to Freedom"

    UGRR Conference Program Book

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014


    The Conference Program Book for the 2013 UGRR Conference.

    John Jameson, Archeology Overview (PDF)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014


    2013 UGRR Conference, Session 4 "Digging for Freedom"

    Dave Schafer, James Montgomery and Harriet Tubman's Excellent Adventure (PDF)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014


    2013 UGRR Conference, Session 2 "The Fight for Freedom"

    Matthew Pinsker, PHD, Emancipation Moments

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014 53:07


    2013 UGRR Conference, Keynote Address and Luncheon. Dr. Matthew Pinsker discusses some of the first-hand narratives of freedom in the civil war, and their value in the classroom.

    Thavolia Glymph, PhD, The World(s) of Emancipation in the American South

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014 54:36


    2013 UGRR Conference, Keynote Address. Dr. Thavolia Glymph discusses numerous historical narratives related to the slave insurgencies in the US and the perils therein.

    Peggy Loyd, Free Persons of Color from Hempstead and Sevier Counties

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014 23:13


    2013 UGRR Conference, Session 1 "At the Crossroads"

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