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Author: Ken Johnston

Mid-Atlantic: Cities & Townships Along the Underground Railroad I Have Walked Through

January 28, 2021 Ken Johnston

Here’s a listing of the counties, cities, and township that I have walked through between 2019 and 2021 that played…

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Posted in: Harriet Tubman UGRR Byway, Murals, Townships, Underground Railroad

Map: Philadelphia to New York, Underground Railroad

January 24, 2021 Ken Johnston

This is the current trek that my brother Keir and I are following to the Harriet Tubman Memorial in Harlem,…

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Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum

Ken Johnston

This Sunday I will continue my Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad journey into the former slave state of New Jersey. Surprised,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: African American Museum, Museum, New Jersey

Paul Robeson Remembered

January 25, 2020 Ken Johnston

“To be free . . . to walk the good American earth as equal citizens, to live without fear, to…

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Harriet Tubman’s Flight to Freedom

January 14, 2020 Ken Johnston

by Dr. Kate Clifford Larson, author of Bound for the Promised Land http://harriettubmanbiography.com/harriet-tubman-s-flight-to-freedom.html

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Next Station – Dover

January 12, 2020 Ken Johnston

Three miles to go to the next Underground station, 80-miles to the Philadelphia station.

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Posted in: Harriet Tubman, Kent County, Delaware

Samuel D. Burris

Ken Johnston

Samuel Burris, a free African American dedicated his life to helping enslaved people reach freedom. Tried and convicted for his…

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Posted in: Harriet Tubman, Kent County, Delaware

Coon Hunter

January 11, 2020 Ken Johnston

I’m sure glad Freedom Seekers can walk freely through Caroline County now because they still have Coon hunters here on…

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Posted in: Eastern Shore, Maryland, Harriet Tubman

Walk to Freedom, following the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway

Ken Johnston

My walk today will begin with hitchhiking to the point where I left off last week in Goldsboro, Maryland. Then…

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Posted in: Eastern Shore, Maryland, Harriet Tubman

Highlights of My Christmas Eve Walk

January 4, 2020 Ken Johnston

Following the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway Preparing for my first night walk was a little different from other walks…

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Posted in: Eastern Shore, Maryland, Harriet Tubman

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