29. Harriet Tubman, The Underground Railroad and Belmont Mansion
06/16/20 • 25 min
We're back from our two-week hiatus! Today, Kiki focuses on some African American history in Philadelphia with a brief history of Harriet Tubman, conductors and allies' stories from the Underground Railroad, and the history and haunting of Belmont Mansion - the location of the Underground Railroad Museum. Some of our information comes directly from the Museum website where you can donate if you wish https://www.belmontmansion.org
For further reading, we suggest:
- Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom by Catherine Clinton
- Underground Railroad Records by William Still (available to read for free on Google Books).
We're back from our two-week hiatus! Today, Kiki focuses on some African American history in Philadelphia with a brief history of Harriet Tubman, conductors and allies' stories from the Underground Railroad, and the history and haunting of Belmont Mansion - the location of the Underground Railroad Museum. Some of our information comes directly from the Museum website where you can donate if you wish https://www.belmontmansion.org
For further reading, we suggest:
- Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom by Catherine Clinton
- Underground Railroad Records by William Still (available to read for free on Google Books).
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Our featured Music today is Angela French with her song "You Think You Know".
Our Promo today is from The Struggling Artist Podcast hosted by Trev Allen.
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Our featured music today is from Woodland Creatures with their song " Centralia"
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