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Underground Railroad promoter and station master and anti-slavery lecturer. The Guy Beckley House is on the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. [43] Erastus and Sarah Hussey — Battle Creek [44] Second Baptist Church — Detroit [17] Dr. Nathan M. Thomas House — Schoolcraft [17] Wright Modlin — Williamsville, Cass County.
In 2004 a large historical marker was erected at the site to mark it as part of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Trail, as hundreds of Black Seminoles, many fugitive slaves, escaped from here to freedom in the Bahamas, settling mostly on Andros Island.
Following upon legislation passed in 1990 for the National Park Service to perform a special resource study of the Underground Railroad, [215] in 1997, the 105th Congress introduced and subsequently passed H.R. 1635 – National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998, which President Bill Clinton signed into law that year. [216]
The Florida Gulf and Atlantic Railroad (reporting mark FGA) is a shortline railroad owned and operated by RailUSA in the Florida Panhandle.The line consists of 430 miles (692 km) of track: a main line from Baldwin, Florida (just west of Jacksonville), through Tallahassee to Pensacola, as well as a branch from Tallahassee north to Attapulgus, Georgia.
Although Cape Florida was less suitable as a departure point after the lighthouse was built, the Bahamas remained a haven for escaping slaves. [12] [8] The Park carries a special significance as a designated National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Site. One of Only two parks in Florida to hold that Distinction.
He is speaking on the Black History Month topic, "The Untold Story of the Reverend Robert Brown: A Life After the Underground Railroad," from noon to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 28, in the Cardinal ...
Green Cove and Midland Railway: Gulf Coast Railway: 1915 1921 N/A Gulf, Florida and Alabama Railway (Deep Water Route) DWR SLSF: 1911 1922 Muscle Shoals, Birmingham and Pensacola Railway: Gulf Ports Terminal Railway: SLSF: 1916 1927 Muscle Shoals, Birmingham and Pensacola Railroad: Halifax and Indian River Railway: FEC: 1891 1892 Florida Coast ...
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