2013 UGRR Conference

The 2013 National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom (NTF) Conference commemorated the Sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. The theme, The War for Freedom: The Underground Railroad During the Civil War, contested traditional notions that the Underground Railroad ended with the start of the war. As the battle over whether the nation should accept or abolish slavery waged on, people continued to use escape and flight as a means of resisting enslavement.

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Roy Finkenbine, Emancipation in the Occupied South

2013 UGRR Conference, Plenary Session

05-28
26:10

Robert G. Stanton, Closing Comments

2013 UGRR Conference, Closing Comments

05-28
05:48

Bennie J. McRae Jr., Closing Comments

2013 UGRR Conference, Closing Comments

05-28
31:59

Ser Seshsh Ab Heter- Boxley, Closing Comments

2013 UGRR Conference, Closing Comments

05-28
34:05

Ronnie Nichols, Troubled Waters: The Mississippi, A River of Freedom

2013 UGRR Conference, Session 6 "Routes to Freedom"

05-28
18:18

Evan Kutzler, Crossing Tracks in the Confederate South

2013 UGRR Conference, Session 6 "Routes to Freedom"

05-28
19:17

Patrick Lewis, PhD, Sevring New Scholarship on Emancipation and Freedom

2013 UGRR Conference, Session 5 "On the Record"

05-28
19:30

Patsy M. Fletcher, Running to Uncle Sam

2013 UGRR Conference, Session 5 "On the Record"

05-28
25:58

Douglas Stover, Archeology as a Tool for Documenting and Interpreting the Freedman's Colony

2013 UGRR Conference, Session 4 "Digging for Freedom"

05-28
14:50

Eric Poplin, The Rediscovery and Celebration of Harriet Tubman and the Combahee River Raid

2013 UGRR Conference, Session 4 "Digging for Freedom"

05-28
20:45

Stephen McBride, "Camp Nelson is now our Canada"

2013 UGRR Conference, Session 4 "Digging for Freedom"

05-28
18:12

John Jameson, Archeology Overview

2013 UGRR Conference, Session 4 "Digging for Freedom"

05-28
05:35

Opening Reception at Central High Robin White

05-28
05:19

Opening Reception at Central High: Bruce T. Moore

City Manager Bruce T. Moore welcomes the attendees of The Underground Railroad Conference on behalf of the city and discusses the anniversiary of the Central High integration.

05-28
06:13

Opening Reception at Central High: Tom Dupree

Tom Dupree of the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission welcomes the attendees of The Underground Railroad Conference and discusses the history and duties of the Sesquicentennial Commission.

05-28
07:20

Opening Reception at Central High: Robert G. Stanton

Former Director of the National Park Service Robert G. Stanton welcomes the attendees of the Underground Railroad Conference and discusses some of the philosophy of Frederick Douglass.

05-28
07:03

Opening Reception at Central High: Michael Reynolds

Midwest Regional Director of the NPS Michael Reynolds welcomes the attendees of the Underground Railroad Conference and discusses some of the challenges of historic preservation. There is also a cake cutting.

05-28
07:30

Conference Banquet Performance: Christopher Price, Omar Reed

Director of the Honey Springs Battlefield Christopher Price and Historical Interpreter Omar Reed deliver a stirring performance depicting an interview of a former slave in Indian territory.

05-28
23:03

Thavolia Glymph, PhD, The World(s) of Emancipation in the American South

2013 UGRR Conference, Keynote Address. Dr. Thavolia Glymph discusses numerous historical narratives related to the slave insurgencies in the US and the perils therein.

05-28
54:35

Déanda Johnson, Keynote Introduction

2013 UGRR Conference, Keynote Introduction. Déanda Johnson introduces Doris Wright, Archie Moore, Mike Reynolds, and Sylvia Cyrus.

05-28
10:56
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