New Jersey's Role in the Underground Railroad (Zoom)
Please join us for a virtual lecture on the struggles and triumphs experienced by those traveling the Underground Railroad to freedom. From the beginning of African enslavement in America, attempts to escape from bondage were a frequent form of resistance though dangerous and strongly suppressed. What became known as the Underground Railroad was a network of meeting points, secret routes, and safe houses used by enslaved people of African descent to escape into northern states and Canada. Dr.