'Sites from which people escaped': For slaves on the arduous road to freedom, Hagerstown was a connection point

Historian Emilie Amt has been researching Black history in Hagerstown and Washington County, and has collaborated with Visit Hagerstown to create a brochure detailing the sites in the city where those connections were made.

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