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Madison, Indiana and the Shallows
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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.
Madison, Indiana and the Shallows is read by Vivian Jones-Wright, retired Oldham County Deputy Sheriff and volunteer for Oldham County Youth Football League.
Placed at an unusual section of the Ohio River, where shallow crossings were common, Madison became a point of flight for freedom seekers, who could disappear in the Black neighborhood of the Georgetown District. The Neil’s Creek Anti-Slavery Society created a group of resistors who created the Eleutherian College as a place of haven for Black and White students.
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