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Second Annual Christmas Eve Escape

December 23, 2021 Ken Johnston

This Christmas Eve I will be returning to the Cambridge, Maryland area to co-lead a 3-mile remembrance walk honoring Harriet…

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Posted in: Christmas Eve, Eastern Shore, Maryland, Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad, Walking
Poplar Neck

Return to Poplar Neck

Ken Johnston

I was back out on the banks of the Choptank River Tuesday afternoon preparing for the Second Annual Harriet Tubman…

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Posted in: Christmas Eve, Eastern Shore, Maryland, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Tubman UGRR Byway, Underground Railroad, Walking

Black Joy

November 25, 2021 Ken Johnston

Yesterday was a day of Black Joy for me as I remembered the 41 abolitionist farmers from Christiana, Pennsylvania who…

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Posted in: Christiana Resistance, Philadelphia

Mark Your Freedom Calendar

September 13, 2021 Ken Johnston

Mark your Freedom calendar for this wonderful upcoming Lantern Parade and Workshop I will be organizing for the Harriet Tubman…

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Posted in: Kennett Square, Lantern Making Workshop

Christiana Resistance Celebration Photos

Ken Johnston

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Posted in: Christiana Resistance, Lancaster County, Underground Railroad

Fifth Great Grandson

Ken Johnston

One of the Christiana Resisters charged with Treason by the U.S. government in 1851 was a farmer named Ezekiel Thompson.…

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Posted in: Christiana Resistance, Lancaster County, Underground Railroad

Amish Farmer

Ken Johnston

On the last day of my hike across Lancaster County en route to Christiana, an Amish farmer stopped to ask…

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Posted in: Christiana Resistance, Lancaster County, Underground Railroad

Walk to Freedom Christiana Map

September 10, 2021 Ken Johnston

Here’s a map of my Walk to Freedom journey to Christiana, PA where I will join the community there tomorrow…

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Posted in: Christiana Resistance, Underground Railroad, Walking

The Christiana Resistance

September 9, 2021 Ken Johnston

Not many people have ever heard of the 1851 Christiana Resistance. Like many stories during the antebellum period of American…

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Posted in: Christiana Resistance, Underground Railroad, Walking

Crossing the Susquehanna River

August 31, 2021 Ken Johnston

Here’s a short, edited, video clip of my recent crossing of the Wrightsville Columbia Bridge and the Underground Railroad history…

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Posted in: Bridge Crossing, Underground Railroad, Walking

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