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Friends of Freedom Society Ohio Underground Railroad Association
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The Fifth Annual OhioUnderground Railroad Summit
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Clarion Hotel
7007 North High Street, Worthington, Ohio 43085
Note: all events are at the hotel unless stated otherwise.
| 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. | Early registration | ||
| 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. | Reception at the Orange Johnson House in Worthington
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| 7:00 - 8:30 a.m. | Registration | ||||||||||||||
| 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast | ||||||||||||||
| 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Saturday program & lunch
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| 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. | Evening dinner, program & special awards ceremony
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| 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. | Friends of Freedom Society Annual Meeting For FOFS members only. Includes election of officers. |
| 10:00 - 12:00 p.m. | Tour (via motor coach) Local Underground Railroad sites led by Leslie Blankenship, FOFS Vice President and Worthington Historical Society Docents |
| 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Open Tours at the Orange Johnson House in Worthington |
Not all fugitives were successful in avoiding capture. This session will examine three cases of fugitives captured along the Niagara Frontier in New York State. The legal cases and public controversy that accompanied these cases provides details on the experiences of fugitive slaves and the support networks that assisted the fugitives to freedom. The cases include the 1841 capture/kidnapping of "William" in Buffalo, the 1851 capture and subsequent release of Daniel Davis while working on a Lake Erie steamship at Buffalo, and the 1853 arrest of Patrick Sneed, at Niagara Falls, New York.
Christopher Densmore, University Archivist, State University of New York at Buffalo. Author of Red Jacket: Iroquois Diplomat and Orator (1999), co-editor of Quaker Crosscurrents: Three Hundred Years of the New York Yearly Meetings (1995), and articles in the Canadian Quaker History Journal, Quaker History, New York History and other journals.
A look at the research of one family's genealogy and how that history intersects with Underground Railroad activities in Ohio from the early 1800s.
A look at the influences in Brown's life from his birth in Connecticut in 1800 until his death in 1859, with particular emphasis on his family and his ties to the anti-slavery movement.
Five urban school teachers combined the Fourth Grade Ohio Proficiency Learning Outcomes with a study of the Underground Railroad to create a Saturday enrichment program for 30 low performing students. This workshop will give an overview of the program and strategies for integrating curriculum with meaningful historical concepts. We will share our secrets of how we motivated the students to come to school on six Saturday mornings to learn about the Underground Railroad movement in Ohio.
This informative discussion will be given by the research body of the Friends of Freedom Society Inc., the Ohio Underground Railroad Association. Learn about the twelve research regions and how the regional coordinators interpret, document and preserve Underground Railroad sites in their respective areas. This impressive group of researchers will answer questions and offer research tips. The panel discussion will be led by State Coordinator, Cathy Nelson.
Please contact us with any questions or comments.
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SM = Service Mark of the Friends of
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