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Full of Faith; Full of Hope: The History and Legacy of the Underground Railroad in Northern Kentucky

Join Dr. Eric R. Jackson of Northern Kentucky University for a presentation about the history of the Underground Railroad in Northern Kentucky. 

There are many secondary sources written on the topic of the Underground Railroad, but primary source material is scarce as these types of illegal activities were kept secret to avoid detection. Therefore, people did not talk or write about the Underground Railroad in any significant way until the system of enslavement was outlawed with the ratification of the 13th Amendment in 1865. We can obtain a more sophisticated understanding of history by learning about significant events that took place in the region where we live through a variety of traditional and nontraditional sources. This presentation will focus on these various sources in a snapshot discussion of the history and legacy of the Underground Railroad in Northern Kentucky from a variety of perspectives.