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March 30, 1849. At a secret location in Philadelphia, a box arrives, measuring 3 feet by 2 feet. Inside is fugitive slave Henry Brown.
Shipped from Richmond, Virginia, 27 hours earlier, he escaped with help from men on both sides of the racial divide.
CBN News met with Dr. Newby-Alexander in her office at Norfolk State University. You needed partners, you needed blacks and whites working jointly together to help people escape from slavery. People have seen the Underground Railroad as the first integrated resistance movement, she said.
The Underground Railroad
Anyone involved faced great risk. If caught, slaves were severely beaten and in some cases executed. Free blacks were sold into slavery.
Clemson students update McLeod Plantation listing in National Register of Historic Places The McLeod Plantation Historic Site was first placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, and this year, Charleston County Parks says is time to update the siteâs listing. (Source: Clemson Design Center. Charleston) By Riley Bean | December 22, 2020 at 8:35 AM EST - Updated December 22 at 10:08 AM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Charleston County Parks says they have partnered with students in Clemsonâs Historic Preservation Graduate Program to update McLeod Plantationâs listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
The McLeod Plantation Historic Site was first placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, and this year, Charleston County Parks says is time to update the siteâs listing.