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Category: African Ancestors

Fifth Gen. Canadian Descendant Tracy Lee Johnson Talks About “And Then What Happened…”

September 8, 2025 Ken Johnston

And Then What Happened… That’s the question I asked myself in September 2022, after reaching the Canadian border following a…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Canada, Descendant, Freedom, Interview

Walking Itinerary: Niagara Falls to Owen Sound

June 2, 2025 Ken Johnston

The following walking itinerary is a work in progress and is not finalized. On this Walk to Freedom journey we…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Canada, Cross Culture, Descendant, Emancipation Day, Freedom, New York, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Underground Railroad, Walking

Register Here for Niagara Falls Walk to Freedom

May 26, 2025 Ken Johnston

Join us on Saturday July 19, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. at the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad and Heritage Center, Niagara…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Owen Sound, Walking

Freedom Hikers Wanted

May 23, 2025 Ken Johnston

Are you a long distance thru hiker? Do you enjoy walking with a purpose? If so, join Walk to Freedom…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Canada, Harriet Tubman UGRR Byway, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Owen Sound, Underground Railroad, Walking

The Spirit World: “I Hear You”

April 12, 2025 Ken Johnston

“I hear you,” I said to myself one recent evening after returning home from walking the dog. I was speaking…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Canada, Emancipation Day, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Owen Sound, Underground Railroad, Walking

Walk to Freedom Route: Galveston to Houston

June 17, 2024 Ken Johnston

Our Walk to Freedom journey from Galveston to Houston begins on Galveston Island at the historic Reedy Chapel. Its supposed…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Emancipation National Historic Trail, Galveston, Underground Railroad, Walking

John Henry (Jack) Yates, Father of Black Houston

May 23, 2024 Ken Johnston

By Frank Thompson As I begin to countdown the Juneteenth Emancipation walk from Galveston to Houston I will be doing…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Emancipation Day, Emancipation National Historic Trail, Houston, Juneteenth

Catoctin Furnace Freedom Seeker Ads

May 17, 2024 Ken Johnston

Less than 12.5 miles from the Pennsylvania border, men, women and children enslaved at Catoctin Furnance self-emancipated themselves when they…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Catoctin Furnace, Chronicling Resistance, Frederick County, Freedom

Ancestry: The Connection to Catoctin Furnace

May 11, 2024 Ken Johnston

As a result of DNA studies conducted on interred ancestors at Catoctin Furnace,  some African American families living in the…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Catoctin Furnace, Frederick County

Walk Across Chester County: Making Community Connections

October 23, 2023 Ken Johnston

On my most recent Walk to Freedom journey, October 9-17, 2023 I walked about 75-miles across Chester County, Pennsylvania to…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Chester County, Walking

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