Central Bucks Underground Railroad Bus Tour
For thousands of escaped slaves in the 18th and 19th centuries, the Underground Railroad represented hope for a new life. This secret network of hidden, safe places relied on abolitionists […]
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African American Museum of Bucks County 215 E. Richardson, Langhorn, PA, United States
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Lancaster: Animating Democracy: William Whipper Reading Circle
Lancaster Public Library - LPL Board Room 151 N. Queen Street, Lancaster, PA, United States2026 ANIMATING DEMOCRACY: LANCASTER LIVE AND LEARN William Whipper Reading Circle LENWOOD SLOAN, Facilitator JOHN MALINA, Respondent DAVID WALKER 1829 - APPEAL TO THE COLORED CITIZENS OF THE WORLD! Tre Johnson […]
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Quaker Benevolence and African Genius: Banneker and Cupid Pac
Sehner-Ellicott-von Hess House, 123 North Prince Sgtreet, Lancaster, PA, United StatesQuaker Benevolence and African Genius: Banneker and Cupid Paca featuring Dr. Leroy Hopkins, PhD For generations, Lancaster County’s history has been told through familiar names and well-documented narratives. Yet some […]
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Bucks County – The Underground Railroad in Bucks County (for adults)
Tyler State Park 101 Swamp Rd., Newtown, PA, United StatesExplore the historic presence of African Americans in Bucks County, from the 1700s through emancipation. As the Revolutionary War was starting, Pennsylvania Quakers launched an early movement to end slavery […]
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Chester Co: Looking Back, Stepping forward: the Pathway to Freedom
Chester County History Center, 225 N. High Street, West Chester, PA, United StatesA FREE Family Event Celebrating America 250 and Black History Month A collaboration between the Chester County History Center, the Kennett Underground Railroad Center and West Chester Dance Works. Start […]
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Lancaster: Lydia Hamilton Smith and the World of Entrepreneurial Black Women in the Nation’s Capital
LancasterHistory Museum & Research Center 230 N. President Ave, Lancaster, PA, United StatesLydia Hamilton Smith lived a remarkable life as the confidante of Thaddeus Stevens, but also as an accomplished woman in the years following his death. While many know Smith in […]
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Lancaster: Living the Experience: Underground Railroad Interactive Reenactment
Bethel AME Church Cultural Center 512 E Strawberry St, Lancaster, PA, United StatesStep back in time and immerse yourself in history with this interactive reenactment of the Underground Railroad. Experience the journey firsthand, meet passionate storytellers, and uncover stories that shaped a […]
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Lancaster: Living the Experience reenactment
Bethel AME Church - Cultural Center 512 E. Strawberry St., Lancaster, PA, United StatesLiving the Experience is a spiritual, interactive reenactment of the Underground railroad. Patrons get a chance to step inside the shoes of Africans seeking their freedom in the 1800's in […]
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Lancaster: Animating Democracy: William Whipper Reading Circle
Lancaster Public Library - LPL Board Room 151 N. Queen Street, Lancaster, PA, United StatesDR. LEROY HOPKINS, Facilitator COWITZ CHARLOT, Respondent WILLIAM WHIPPER 1834 - THE SLAVERY OF INTEMPERANCE Michelle Alexander - The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Event […]
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Lancaster:Annual Wreath-Laying Ceremony for Lydia Hamilton Smith
St. Mary's Cemetery 401 New Holland Ave, Lancaster, PA, United StatesJoin us at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Cemetery for LancasterHistory’s annual wreath-laying ceremony at the gravesite of Lydia Hamilton Smith. Smith was Thaddeus Stevens’ housekeeper, a businesswoman in her own […]
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