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Underground Railroad: New Bedford’s Most Powerful Protest

New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park

  • Feb 9, 2023 at 6:00 PM
  • Free

Underground Railroad: New Bedford’s Most Powerful Protest  

Thursday, February 9th, 2023, at 6:00 PM  

Online/Virtual, Zoom 

 Join Ranger Rufai as he shares with you seven of New Bedford’s agitators from the most powerful protest in its history -- Abolition. Local Leaders include Nathan and Mary “Polly” Johnson, William and Lucinda Clark Bush, William Still connected to New Bedford through his work in Philadelphia, the famed Henry ‘Box’ Brown, Captain of the Pearl, Daniel Drayton, Martha Gray Bush, the mother of the Massachusetts 54th Infantry, and Andrew Robeson, Quaker Abolitionist. 

 Registration for this online ZOOM link

 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvde6pqjsvHtxBHF8VgKZ7Fkk5YGeGXYSQ

 

Fees

This Program is Free!

Location

This virtual program will take place virtually

Schedule

Date:

Feb 9, 2023

Time:

6:00 PM

Duration:

1 hour and 30 minutes

This virtual program will start at 6 PM and ends at 7 PM

Contact Information

Rufai Shardow
508 996 4095
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Event Type

  • Talk
  • Virtual/Digital
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