Underground Railroad Bicycle Route
Underground Railroad Bicycle Route
The history of this remarkable period comes alive as you pedal along the corridor that traces the Underground Railroad route from the Deep South to Canada. This bicycle route memorializes the Underground Railroad, a network of clandestine routes by which African freedom seekers attempted to escape for many years before and during the Civil War. You can watch a short video about the creation of the UGRR (in four segments) on our YouTube Channel.
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Read further on the development of the route. Seems like a lot of thought went into it. Also notice in the description I quoted above that they don’t use the words “slavery” or “slaves” or anything like that.
If I had the legs and the butt for an extended bike trip, this would be a really interesting option.
(via m-bike.org)
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