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    Explore "fugitiveslaveact" with insightful episodes like "Secrets of the Civil War: North Toward Freedom" and "In Plain Sight" from podcasts like ""Here's Where It Gets Interesting" and "Criminal"" and more!

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    Secrets of the Civil War: North Toward Freedom

    Secrets of the Civil War: North Toward Freedom

    Today in our series, Secrets of the Civil War, we’ll meet some of the key players in the Abolition Movement–a persuader, an agitator, and a conductor. Their ideals and actions helped foster the success of the Underground Railroad and the path to emancipation. How did so many enslaved persons seeking freedom make it through the perilous journey North? Through a meticulously organized network of safe houses and stations run by agents and conductors.


    Hosted by: Sharon McMahon

    Executive Producer: Heather Jackson

    Audio Producer: Jenny Snyder

    Written and researched by: Heather Jackson, Valerie Hoback, Amy Watkin, and Mandy Reid

    Hush, Hush, Somebody is Calling My Name recording by Sweet Honey in the Rock




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    In Plain Sight

    In Plain Sight
    In 1849, abolitionist and attorney Wendell Phillips wrote: "We should look in vain through the most trying times of our revolutionary history for an incident of courage and noble daring to equal that of the escape of William and Ellen Craft; and future historians and poets would tell this story as one of the most thrilling in the nation's annals, and millions would read it, with admiration of the hero and heroine of the story." Unfortunately, almost 170 years later, William and Ellen Craft aren't well known anymore. Today, we have the story of this couple's incredible escape from slavery, the abolitionist pastor Theodore Parker who married the Crafts, and their founding of the Woodville Co-operative Farm School. Read the Craft's book: Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/585 Barbara McCaskill wrote about William and Ellen Craft in Love, Liberation, and Escaping SlaveryWilliam and Ellen Craft in Cultural Memory http://www.ugapress.org/index.php/books/loveliberationescaping_slavery Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The Accomplice. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: iTunes.com/CriminalShow. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop.  Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices