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For Black Americans seeking to escape enslavement in the first half of the 1800s, Chicago was often an important stop on their path to freedom. Today we’re discussing the Underground Railroad in Illinois.

Network to Freedom Listings:

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/undergroundrailroad/ntf-listings.htm

Graceland Cemetery (Chicago) Underground Railroad Activists

https://www.gracelandcemetery.org/underground-railroad-activists/

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Further reading (purchasing these items through these links helps support our efforts at no additional cost to you):

Onward to Chicago: Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad in Northeastern Illinois by Larry McClellan

https://amzn.to/4gQxpaP

Underground Railroad: A Captivating Guide to the Routes, Places, and People that Helped Free African Americans During the Nineteenth Century and the Life of Harriet Tubman by Various

https://amzn.to/4icYkil

Fleeing for Freedom: Stories of the Underground Railroad as Told by Levi Coffin and William Still by Willene Hendrick

https://amzn.to/41kbQtl

Path to Freedom: The History of the Underground Railroad for Kids (History Just for Kids) by Sara Michaels

https://amzn.to/3EQbQKl

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Chicago History Podcast Art by John K. Schneider (angeleyesartjks AT gmail.com)

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