Thu, Jun 01
|Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse
Kathy Schulz, The Underground Railroad in Ohio
Kathy will be in conversation with author Sallie Bingham. Ohio was pivotal in the operation of the Underground Railroad, the most active of any state. Schulz looks at the inception and expansion of the system and explains the reasons that Ohio was “the state most heavily traveled."
Date, Time & Location
Jun 01, 2023, 6:00 PM MDT
Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
About the Event
This will be an in-store presentation and live-streamed to Zoom. Register for Zoom here.
Copies of The Undeground Railroad in Ohio can be purchased from CW here or by calling the store (505) 988-4226.
Two “ daughters of the Ohio Valley” whose works have been inspired by their ancestors will share their stories and discuss the impact on their writings.
During a dark time in our history, thousands of freedom seekers traveled the Underground Railroad though Ohio. The Buckeye State hosted about half of all fugitive slave traffic of the antebellum era. A mix of Northern and Southern settlers in the state added drama to a struggle that led to major benefits for the state and the country. Unfortunately, this epic past was obscured by silence and secrecy and then distorted with misinformation and folklore—until now. Author and native Ohioan Kathy Schulz accurately details the development and workings of Ohio’s Underground…