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Canada's Black Settlements & The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad was neither Underground, nor was it a Railroad. It was in essence a series of conductors, safe houses, trails along rivers, secret routes, sometimes walking, and other times hiding in wagons. Before Europeans arrived, North and South America was comprised of thousands of Native American Tribes. Native Cultures date back at least ten thousand years, having traveled over the Bering Strait into North…

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Added by Anita Wills on February 23, 2010 at 8:00pm — No Comments

The Christiana Resistance Precursor to the Civil War - Christiana Pennsylvania

The Christiana Resistance thought of in some corners as a precursor to the Civil War. It is one of the many events in American History that is not widely known.



"A major episode in African-American history, along with John Brown’s raid, was the Fugitive Slave Rebellion in Christiana. This event was a harbinger of the Civil War. Frederick Douglas referred to the Christiana Riot as “… the battle for liberty.”



On September 11, 1851, Slave owner Edward Gorsuch, his son… Continue

Added by Anita Wills on August 27, 2009 at 1:51pm — No Comments

Oral History: Sharing Your Family Stories!

Yesterday, Author Anita Wills joined our LowCountry Africana Group here at GenWise and posted an amazing narrative about her Great-Great Grandmother, Leah Ruth-Warner.



Reading about the life journey of Leah Ruth-Warner… Continue

Added by Luckie Daniels on July 22, 2009 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

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