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Category: Christiana Resistance

Timeline of Ken Johnston’s Civil Rights Walks

December 16, 2022 Ken Johnston

Walk to Freedom “Walking for the preservation of our civil rights” Chronology of Ken Johnston’s Civil Rights Walks 2022 7/2022…

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Posted in: Christiana Resistance, Eastern Shore, Maryland, MLK50th, Northern Ireland, Puerto Rico, 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

Christiana Resistance Celebration Photos

September 13, 2021 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

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