Riding Freedom's Train: The Underground Railroad in the Upper Ohio Valley
Riding Freedom's Train: The Underground Railroad in the Upper Ohio Valley
Track Listings
| 1. Prologue |
| 2. Beginnings in Florida, Texas, the Caribbean |
| 3. Quakers and slavery |
| 4. Great migration of Quakers to the N.W. Territory |
| 5. Local leadership among Ohio Quakers and others |
| 6. Black leadership and safe houses |
| 7. 1787 Ordinance of the Northwest Territory |
| 8. Dangers for free blacks |
| 9. Let Jesus lead you: Finding the way to freedom |
| 10. Henry “Box” Brown |
| 11. Harriet Tubman |
| 12. Wheeling, Virginia: Close to freedom |
| 13. Joshua Cope at the Wheeling slave market |
| 14. Eluding the dogs |
| 15. Levi Coffman: Hiding a slave in the coffin |
| 16. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 |
| 17. The slave who would not be a slave |
| 18. Women and children not so free to run |
| 19. Songs as codes |
| 20. Happy slave myths |
Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Family stories, historical and folkloric anecdotes from Quakers and African-Americans, punctuated by contemporary performances of period music. Ideal for classrooms, living rooms, or automotive travel, this riveting hour-long recording, produced with help from students and faculty at the Olney Friends School, leaves listeners inspired and better informed after revisiting a courageous period in World History.
Riding Freedom's Train is an interweaving of recordings with elderly Quakers and African-Americans as they related family stories and life histories concerning the Underground Railroad.
These testimonies, delivered by candlelight, summoned what historian Tony Cohen terms "deep history," the memories people carry through generations, sometimes unconsciously, until a song, an image, or a room full of eager listeners brings them to the surface. We wove together the recorded narratives and song excerpts to create this one-hour audio documentary, Riding Freedom's Train.
We have observed the dramatic impact of oral testimony on the learning process. Whether seeking out the stories of a particular historical movement, or just wanting to understand the nature of earlier life in our community, the past is brought to life through the words and images of those who lived it. Students of all ages are engaged by the true stories of those not usually involved in classroom study. Encourage students to enjoy the narrative arts by asking community members to school for a visit. Or better yet, send students out to interview community members in their own settings.
We are available for further consultation and in-class presentations.
Riding Freedom's Train: The Underground Railroad in the Upper Ohio Valley,Various artists,Unity Productions,This upbeat documentary on the Underground Railroad combines hair raising music with oral history interviewes to transport listeners of all ages to a period of great risk taking and unified action.
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