Interview with acclaimed writer and historian Fergus Bordewich, the author of six books and whose articles have appeared in the New York Times, Smithsonian, Reader’s Digest, The Atlantic, Harper’s, and New York Magazine. The discussion centers around Bordewich’s monumental book on the Underground Railroad, Bound for Canaan. We discuss what the Underground Railroad was and what it wasn’t, and clear up some misconceptions. We also discuss why the Underground Railroad is one of the most important movements in our nation’s history. The focus of Bordewich’s work has been human rights and you can learn more about his other books, the latest being America’s Great Debate, the story of the longest debate ever in Congress that culminated in the Compromise of 1850, on fergusbordewich.com.

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Interview with John Brown scholar Jean Libby about the Harpers Ferry raid and with Mick Konowal, antiques collector, who recently purchased one of the Sharps rifles that was used by one of Brown’s men at Harpers Ferry. Libby is the creator of the exhibit, John Brown Photo Chronology and the companion book. Konowal is a senior attorney with Microsoft.

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Discussion of the life and importance of Gerrit Smith. Our guest is one of the founders of the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum in Peterboro, New York, a small community near Utica, New York, and retired professor of Social Science at Morrisville State College in Central, NY. He is the author of three books about Gerrit Smith: When We Get to Heaven: Runaway Slaves on the Road to Peterboro; Practical Dreamer: Gerrit Smith and the Crusade for Social Reform; and Whatever It Takes, all of which can be purchased at LogCabinBooks.com

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Shannon is the curator of the Buxton Historic Site and Museum in Buxton, Ontario, and Bryan is on the board of directors. Bryan also is the author of three books about the Underground Railroad.

They discuss their heritage as descendants of fugitive slaves and the interest in the Underground Railroad that developed from their ancestry. Bryan discusses briefly how his first book, I Came As a Stranger, originated. They also talk about their traveling Underground Railroad musical, Road to Freedom.

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Interview with Darryl Omar Freeman, a Ph.D, candidate in Interdisciplinary Services at Washington State University. A feature of his dissertation is the participation of Native American people in the Underground Railroad, a topic that has received little scrutiny. Darryl discusses cases in which Native Americans aided fugitive slaves and explains why Native Americans were sympathetic to helping African Americans become free.

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This week’s guest is Peter Michael, founder of the only national publication devoted to the Underground Railroad, the Underground Railroad Free Press. We discuss why the Underground Railroad is such an important part of our history and the role the Free Press plays in promoting it. Michael also talks about his new book about John Hanson, the first president of the United States when it was still under the rule of the Articles of Confederation.

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Historian Owen Muelder, author of The Underground Railroad in Western Illinois, discusses the Underground Railroad in the west. During the show we discuss some of the leading conductors, and the most well-known fugitive slaves who escaped to freedom in the west which was then the wilderness that was the states of Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa. We also discuss how the Underground Railroad evolved in the west and the difficulties it encountered with slave catchers. Muelder also tells some of his favorite stories of how the Underground Railroad outsmarted the slave catchers.

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Interview with historian Kate Clifford Larson, author of the biographies, Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero, and The Assassin’s Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln. Larson tells how she became interested in Tubman and informs us that the historical Harriet is a bit different than the legend through which we have to come know her. She regales us with tales of Tubman’s remarkable character, her Underground Railroad collaborators, and some of her exploits. She concludes by explaining why Tubman is important today.

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Founders of the Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region in Albany, New York, the Stewarts discuss how they became interested in the Underground Railroad and the discoveries they made. We also discuss what it was, why it is important today, and the struggle of Americans to live up to the vision of freedom and equality as it was intended in our Constitution, a struggle that continues today. We also discuss their annual Underground Railroad conference that is being held this year at Russell Sage College in Troy, New York, during the second weekend of April.

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