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Exploring the Underground Railroad in the West Virtual Public Forum
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The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. Pacific Standard Time via YouTube
Description
The National Park Service National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program and the NPS Pacific West Cultural Resources Program are joining the Organization of American Historians (OAH) to host a virtual public forum on July 28 at 6:30 p.m. PT to explore current scholarship surrounding the history of the Underground Railroad in California, Oregon, and Washington.
Tune in at the above date and time via this YouTube livestream. After a brief discussion from the panel, NPS will take questions from the audience to present to the scholars. Live captions will be provided for the livestream.
Many celebrate the history of the West as one filled with innovation and personal freedoms. However, not all people experienced the West in the same way. Even though California entered the United States as a free state, the government allowed some forms of slavery, limiting African Americans' personal freedoms. Scholars today are examining freedom seekers' individual courage and the actions they took to secure their full freedom. It is critical to illuminate these stories of resistance as communities continue to struggle for freedom, justice, and equity.
The public forum will allow NPS and OAH to share preliminary outcomes from a scholar’s roundtable and provide an opportunity to discuss ongoing academic work around the history of slavery and freedom seeking in the West. Through the public forum, NPS and OAH hope to identify future partners and stakeholder groups interested in documenting, preserving, and sharing this history.
This event will share findings from a scholar’s roundtable, conducted in partnership with the Organization of American Historians. We look forward to building connections with future partners and stakeholder groups interested in documenting, preserving, and sharing this history.
To learn more about the preservation work of the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, head to our website.
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Courtesy of the California History Room, California State Library, Sacramento, California.