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Akron students tour Gant House and learn the history of the freed slave and entrepreneur
A field trip for Akron students focused on the Underground Railroad and African-American history in Cincinnati and Zanesville.
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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad, a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada, was not run by any single organization or person. Rather, it consisted of many ...
National Park Service restores Underground Railroad webpage after outrage
The National Parks Service has restored the original Harriet Tubman material featured on a webpage about the Underground ...
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After a backlash, National Park Service restores old Underground Railroad webpage that prominently features Harriet Tubman
The National Park Service on Monday returned an image of and quote from Harriet Tubman to a webpage about the Underground Railroad, following backlash after her presence on the page was ...
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National Park Service Restores Web Page Featuring Harriet Tubman
By Sara Ruberg A National Park Service web page about the Underground Railroad appeared to have been restored on Monday to prominently show the abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman, after it had ...
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Underground explosion in Akron causes restaurant windows to break: Officials
AKRON, Ohio (WJW) – An underground explosion in downtown Akron on Tuesday caused windows in a nearby Mexican restaurant to ...
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National Park Service removes references to Harriet Tubman from Underground Railroad webpage
(CNN) - The National Park Service has removed a reference to Harriet Tubman from a webpage about the Underground Railroad. The webpage used to lead with both an image and a quote from Tubman ...