Title: The Underground Railroad and Quest for Freedom

Date: 2/20/24

Time: 10:00 – 11:00 AM

Presenter: Ron Roth

Location: USCB Hilton Head Island, Room: 115

Cost: $10 for Library Members and $12 for Non-members

This presentation describes the heroic efforts of African Americans and whites to hide and guide runaway slaves in their desperate journeys to freedom in the north and in Canada. Learn about the stories of escaping slaves and their encounters with slave catchers and kidnappers; the courageous work of railroad “conductors”; the role of plantation slavery, African American churches and slave revolts in generating the growth of the Underground Railroad.