{"id":18523,"date":"2022-02-15T14:27:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T21:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sixsuitcasetravel.com\/blog\/?p=18523"},"modified":"2022-02-19T19:16:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T02:16:58","slug":"7-underground-railroad-museums-to-explore-journeys-to-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sixsuitcasetravel.com\/blog\/7-underground-railroad-museums-to-explore-journeys-to-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Underground Railroad Museums to Explore Journeys to Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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February is Black History month, a time to celebrate Black culture, heritage, and history. A part of Black History in the US is the Underground Railroad, a network of people who offered shelter, food, and aid to those escaping slavery during 1820-1860. At its height, almost 1000 enslaved people a year escaped to the North, West, the Caribbean, and Mexico from slave-holding states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To this day, the railroad is a reminder of how people can come together to fight oppressive systems and help one another. In honor of that, we\u2019ve gathered this list of 7 Museums to learn more about the Underground Railroad, its history, and its impact. Whether you visit in February during Black History Month, in September during International Underground Railroad Month, or another time of year; your kids will learn about brave men and women who escaped slavery and the heroic people that helped them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Washington Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum, Washington, NC<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sharing the history of enslaved persons traveling on the Underground Railroad to freedom in North Carolina<\/a>, this museum is a National Park Service Underground Railroad-Network to Freedom site. Learn about the history of Kalimbre (Fereby) Harrison, who helped people traveling the underground railroad to freedom, and had a unique gift known as \u2018hearing\u2019 giving her the ability to convey messages and information to aid in slave escapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum, Memphis, TN<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum<\/a> allows visitors to walk through a real antebellum home, which holds the secrets and concealed areas wherein fugitives would be hidden. Walk through over 200 years of history and experience the dangerous escape of those fleeing slavery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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