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Category: Resistance

Jerome Johnson shares story about his great grandfather who escaped slavery

January 20, 2026 Ken Johnston

On the fourth day of our walk to Dresden, we journeyed from the Amherstburg Freedom Museum to Harrow, a small…

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Posted in: Canada, Descendant, Essex County, Freedom, Great Lakes, Ontario, Resistance, Underground Railroad

Quotations – Mayor Coleman A. Young

December 20, 2025 Ken Johnston

While researching Detroit for my upcoming walk, I accidentally stumbled upon a small book at the University of Pennsylvania’s Van…

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Posted in: Alabama, Detroit, People, Resistance

Harriet Tubman prepares for her next rescue

December 19, 2025 Ken Johnston

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Canada, Chronicling Resistance, Eastern Shore, Maryland, Harriet Tubman Byway, Maryland, Resistance

Remembering Nana Harriet’s Rescue

December 26, 2022 Ken Johnston

Last Saturday, December 24, 2022, five brave souls rendezvoused with Linda Harris and I in Preston, Maryland, on the grounds…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Eastern Shore, Maryland, Harriet Tubman, Resistance, Underground Railroad, Walking

3rd Annual Walk with Harriet

December 13, 2022 Ken Johnston

This Christmas Eve join the friends of Walk to Freedom and the Harriet Tubman Museum and Education Center for a…

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Posted in: Eastern Shore, Maryland, Harriet Tubman, Lanterns, Resistance, Walking

Crossing Into Canada

October 28, 2022 Ken Johnston

The feeling of Freedom were so many things inside of me at this moment as I crossed into Canada early…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Call of Ancestors, Canada, Freedom, mile marker, New York, Philadelphia, Resistance, Underground Railroad, Walking

The Third Mrs. Galway & the Utica Rescue

August 7, 2022 Ken Johnston

Deirdre Sinnott is an author, researcher, and activist for social change. She grew up in the region of Utica, New…

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Posted in: Interview, Resistance, Underground Railroad, Utica

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