The National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program works with people, both inside and outside of the National Park Service, to preserve and share verifiable stories about the Underground Railroad. What better way to learn about the Underground Railroad than to go on a virtual journey across the nation to visit Network to Freedom Listings? Join the Network to Freedom on a virtual road trip each month, and meet Network to Freedom members who are preserving and sharing the often untold stories the Underground Railroad: the nation's first civil rights movement.
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- Duration:
- 7 minutes, 3 seconds
The 6th episode of the Network to Freedom's Ranger Roadshow program highlights Fort Pickens: a site on the Network to Freedom located at Gulf Islands National Seashore. In this episode, Ranger Casimer Rosiecki shares the stories of 8 freedom seekers whose names are unknown, as well as the story of married couple Peter and Henrietta Dyson. Viewer discretion is advised, as this video discusses violence towards Black individuals.
Past Episodes
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Ranger Roadshow Episode 1: Rutherford B. Hayes
The National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program presents the Ranger Roadshow - a video series highlighting Network to Freedom Listings. Our 1st video highlights the Hayes Presidential Library and Museums. During the 1850s, Hayes represented freedom seekers in at least 2 lawsuits after they were arrested under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Learn more: Lewis Case: https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Lewis_(Last_Name_Unknown) Rosetta Armstead Case: https://ohiomemory.ohiohistory.org/archives/
- Duration:
- 11 minutes, 23 seconds
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Ranger Roadshow Episode 2: The Legacy of Enslaved Mothers
The Network to Freedom (NTF) Program presents the Ranger Roadshow - a video series highlighting NTF Listings. Our 2nd video highlights Boone County Public Library (BCPL). In 2020, BCPL received an NTF grant to complete their project “the Legacy of Enslaved Mothers.” This video shares the stories of the women they’ve researched.
- Duration:
- 21 minutes, 25 seconds
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Ranger Roadshow Episode 3: "Nature's Role in the Underground Railroad" and Adkins Arboretum
The Network to Freedom’s (NTF) third Ranger Roadshow presentation highlights Adkins Arboretum’s program, “A Journey Begins: Nature’s Role in the Underground Railroad.” Adkins Arboretum created this program to bring freedom seekers experiences to life. With assistance from a 2020 NTF grant, the program is expanding to include a self guided virtual tour with SchoolHouse Farm House. This new addition to the program uses multiple forms of multimedia and will premiere in summer 2021.
- Duration:
- 16 minutes, 27 seconds
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Ranger Roadshow Episode 4: Appomattox Plantation
The Network to Freedom's Fourth Episode of the Ranger Roadshow highlights Appomattox Plantation: a site within the bounds of Petersburg National Battlefield that is listed on the Network to Freedom. In this episode, Ranger Emmanuel discusses the story of Sarah Caldwell, and her husband William's attempt to escape.
- Duration:
- 15 minutes, 26 seconds
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Ranger Roadshow Episode 5: Seminole Indian Scouts Cemetery
On this episode of the Ranger Roadshow, Black Seminole descendants join us at the Seminole Indian Scouts Cemetery to share their ancestors’ story: from the ethnogenesis of the Black Seminole people to the importance of the cemetery today as a pilgrimage site for descendants. Persecuted by the U.S. Army and slave hunters, the Black Seminoles, including freedom seekers to whom the community gave refuge, traveled on the Trail of Tears from Florida to Oklahoma and then found freedom in Coahuila, Mexico.
- Duration:
- 26 minutes, 13 seconds
Last updated: August 30, 2021