LH38-P. UNDERGROUND RAILROAD ORIGINS IN LANCASTER COUNTY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA

This course explores the national legacy of the Underground Railroad, regarded as our nation’s first racially-integrated & religiously-inspired civil rights movement born in the wake of the American Revolution. Lancaster and York Counties provided a backdrop for some of the earliest anti-slavery episodes in America, forming the origins of the movement that became known as the Underground Railroad. A tour of the authentic Underground Railroad sites will be offered at a later date for an additional fee. Registration for the tour will be separate from the classroom presentation. More information will be provided later.