Farmington, The Speed Family and Slavery
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.
Farmington, The Speed Family and Slavery is read by Kathy Nichols, Executive Director of The Farmington Historic Plantation.
Farmington Historic Plantation was the home of the John and Lucy Speed family and as many as 57 slaves who worked on the 550-acre hemp plantation that was once part of the site. Abraham Lincoln visited his most intimate friend, Joshua Speed, at the Plantation in August 1841. It was the only time historians can place the future president spending extensive time on a slave plantation.
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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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Oldham County History Center
502-222-0826
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