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Peter Bruner, Camp Nelson Soldier
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This podcast will be released at 6:00am on Soundcloud, and will subsequently be released on iTunes, Spotify, and Stitcher.
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Thirty Days of Stories on the Underground Railroad is a series of podcasts series created in celebration of September as International Underground Railroad Month. The Oldham County History Center is celebrating by recording a podcast story on the Underground Railroad to broadcast each day of September.
Peter Bruner, Camp Nelson Soldier is read by Robert Bell, recipient of the Morris Mount Roberts Fellowship and member of the 12th US Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment.
Peter Bruner’s story represents one of the roughly 10,000 Black soldiers who enlisted in the Union Army at Camp Nelson in Central Kentucky. Lincoln declared slaves would become free if they enlisted at Camp Nelson, creating an unusual freesoil area in the middle of a slave state. As enslaved families fled to Camp Nelson to be close to their enlisted family member, an unusual story of tragedy and courage unfolded.
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