Episode 3: Escaping Vacation

In this episode, Escaping Vacation, we’ll be exploring the experience of the enslaved who found opportunity to escape their enslavers, once referred to as “masters,” while on vacation with them — of course, the enslaved were there to serve, not relax.

Resources

History Spotlight: The Underground Railroad (Canada’s History)

Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Centre

The People vs. People vs. Patrick Sneed: Court Papers from an 1853 From an 1853 Fugitive Slave Case (State University of New York College at Buffalo – Buffalo State College)

Survey of Sites Relating to the Underground Railroad, Abolitionism, and African American Life in Niagara Falls and Surrounding Area, 1820-1880 (Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Area Management Plan; pdf)

Bringing Lost Souls Home: John Morrison, a hero of Niagara (Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls NY)

Anthony Cohen: Patrick and Me (GBH Forum Network; YouTube)

Who Really Ran the Underground Railroad? (PBS) in relation to Myths about the UGRR

Organizations Mentioned in this Episode:

Ontario Black History Society

Buxton National Historic Site and Museum

Amherstburg Freedom Museum