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Friends of Freedom Society Ohio Underground Railroad Association
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The Ninth Annual Ohio Underground Railroad SummitSTATION HOPE:
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Clarion Hotel & Conference Center
5300 Rockside Rd.
Independence, OH
(216) 524-0700
http://choicehotels.com/ires/hotel/OH286
Featured events:
 | Underground Railroad Outdoor Experience |
| Stimulating Workshops |
| National Speakers |
| Underground Railroad Tour & Lake Erie Boat Cruise |
Cost: $95/person (not including hotel).
| 3:00pm-6:00pm | Registration/Check-In |
| 5:45pm-10:00pm | Session
One: Escape on the Underground Railroad Re-Enactment Staff and Volunteers of Garfield Park Nature Center, Cleveland Metroparks Note: this special outdoor Underground Railroad experience is limited to 30 people. This is a nighttime simulation in the woods involving a 1-1.5 mile hike. |
| 6:30pm-8:00pm | Reception - hors d'oeuvres and
cash bar (for those not participating in Session One) |
| 7:30am-8:30am | Registration/Check-In Breakfast Buffet |
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| 8:30am-9:00am | Summit Opening Don Ross, Friends of Freedom Society President acknowledgements, local dignitaries including Independence Mayor, Fred P. Ramos (invited) |
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| 9:00am-9:45am | Session
Two: Another Historical Journey Sylvia A. Morgan, Friends of Freedom Society |
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| 9:45am-10:00am | Break | ||||||||
| 10:00am-10:45am | Session
Three: Impact of Famous Fugitive Slave Cases on the Underground Railroad
Movement Dr. Paul Finkelman, Ph.D, Chapman Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Tulsa |
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| 10:45am-11:15am | Break and Browse | ||||||||
| 11:15am-11:30am | Board Bus Tour | ||||||||
| 11:30am-3:30pm | Session Four: Underground Railroad Tour and Lake Erie Boat Cruise with Lunch | ||||||||
| 3:45pm-4:00pm | Depart for Hotel | ||||||||
| 6:30pm-9:30pm | Dinner and Awards Program
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| 7:30am-8:30am | Breakfast Buffet |
| 8:30am-9:30am | Session
Five: Lessons in Traveling an Underground Railroad Staff of Garfield Park Nature Center, Cleveland Metroparks and Staff of Cuyahoga Valley National Park |
| 9:30am-9:45am | Break |
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Session
Six: Researching North Carolina's Underground Railroad History through the
Teaching American History Grant Project Teacher Presenters, Bobbdyne McMillan, Barbara Tisdale, Lillilian Baker, Debra Lundy, Michael Tucker, Pamela Gordon, Shelia Gilliard, Michelle McLaughlin , and Isabella Hicks |
| 10:30am-12:00pm | Friends of Freedom Society Annual Meeting/Elections (members only) |
| Dr. Paul Finkelman is a Chapman Distinguished Professor of
Law at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma. He received a Fellow in Law
and Humanities at Harvard Law School, a Ph.D. and M.A. at the University
of Chicago, and his B.A. from Syracuse University.
He has held twelve prominent university positions, written, co-authored, edited and/or introduced twenty-three books, most recently the Introduction to Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro. He has written ninety-three selected articles, essays and book chapters. His most recent article appeared in the Akron Law Review 36 (2003) 671 - 692 (2003), entitled, "John Bingham and the Background to the Fourteenth Amendment." |
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Dr. Finkelman has written numerous encyclopedia entries and edited collections. He has over eighty short book reviews in a wide variety of scholarly journals, newspaper essays and other non-scholarly publications.
He has served on countless editorial and advisory boards and professional services, most recently serving as Series Editor for the Law, Politics, and Society in the Midwest. A highly sought after lecturer, Dr. Finkelman has given over 150 paper and lectures in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Japan and South America. He is the recipient of over two dozen fellowships, grants and honors and is regularly a featured historian on PBS historical documentaries.
Escape on the Underground Railroad
Staff and Volunteers of Garfield Park Nature Center, Cleveland Metroparks
The hush of traveling unfamiliar lands on a dark, fall evening, being sold as chattel by torch light, and reaching the promised land are emotions that cannot be experienced through history books. For the past seven years, staff and volunteers of Garfield Park Nature Center have been taking people on a journey back into the year 1852 for an unforgettable experience that brings the written word to life. Participants will have a chance to flee during this re-enactment held in Cleveland Metroparks Bedford Reservation. Space is limited to the first 30 registrants. Activity level: Moderate; night hiking 1-1.5 miles. Wear comfortable dress and walking shoes. This is an off-site activity. For more information, call Carl Casavecchia, (216) 341-3152.
Another Historical Journey
Sylvia A. Morgan, Friends of Freedom Society
We will venture on a pictorial journey highlighting historical sites that were a part of the Underground Railroad as the freedom seekers followed the North Star. Our journey will follow their paths from Lorain County into Cuyahoga County and surrounding areas. While in route we will visit sites such as The Historic St. John's Episcopal Church, Lakeview Cemetery, The Old Stone Church and more. Our journey will conclude, but the history of our ancestors and their perseverance through their plight to freedom will never cease.
Impact of Famous Fugitive Slave Cases on the Underground Railroad Movement
Dr. Paul Finkelman, Ph.D, Chapman Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Tulsa
Dr. Finkelman will discuss some of the most important fugitive slave cases in the nation, particularly those that were settled in the streets and the courthouses. This includes Prigg v. Pennsylania (1842), which was the first case to go to the Supreme Court; the Christiana Slave Rebellion (1851) the Jerry Rescue in Syracuse (1851), the Burns Case in Boston (1854); the Sherman Booth case -- rescue of Joshua Glover (1854); the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue (1858) and Kentucky v. Dennison (1861)which involved a long dispute between Ohio and Kentucky.
Underground Railroad Tour and Lake Erie Boat Cruise with Lunch
Cleveland Mayor Jane Campbell (invited) to greet participants.
Lake Erie Boat Cruise with Garfield Park Nature Center staff in period dress.
Tour Underground Railroad station, St. John's Episcopal Church, and learn about the preservation initiative to research and document the Cozad-Bates Historic House in Cleveland. Reputed to have been a station on the Underground Railroad, the Cozad family were known stationmasters, and staunch abolitionists. Presentation will be given by Ms. Joan Southgate, local Cleveland resident who engaged in a one-woman walk to retrace the trails and paths of Ohio's Underground Railroad. Cruise follows tour.
Lessons in Traveling an Underground Railroad
Staff of Garfield Park Nature Center, Cleveland Metroparks and Staff of Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Be it an indoor classroom or a scenic railroad, Underground Railroad education in northeastern Ohio transports children into the past, tests their skills, and captures their imaginations. Join Cleveland Metroparks Naturalist Demetrius Lambert and Cuyahoga Valley National Park Ranger Pamela Machuga to explore how children are taught "Lessons in traveling an Underground Railroad."
Researching North Carolina's Underground Railroad History through the Teaching American History Grant Project
Teacher Presenters, Bobbdyne McMillan, Barbara Tisdale, Lillilian Baker, Debra Lundy, Michael Tucker, Pamela Gordon, Shelia Gilliard, Michelle McLaughlin , and Isabella Hicks
The Teaching American History Grant Project teacher participants from Fayetteville, NC will share their collective research findings concerning North Carolina's involvement in the Underground Railroad. Heralded as President of the Underground Railroad, learn about Levi Coffin and other area operatives in New Garden City, and the Maritime Underground Railroad along the coast of North Carolina, including the Great Dismal Swamp.
Please contact us with any questions or comments.
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