Former Director of the National Park Service Robert G. Stanton welcomes the attendees of the Underground Railroad Conference and discusses some of the philosophy of Frederick Douglass.

Opening Reception at Central High: Robert G. Stanton

The 2013 National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom (NTF) Conference commemorated the Sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. The theme, The War for Freedom: The Underground Railroad During the Civil War, contested traditional notions that the Underground Railroad ended with the start of the war. As the battle over whether the nation should accept or abolish slavery waged on, people continued to use escape and flight as a means of resisting enslavement.

Share Opening Reception at Central High: Robert G. Stanton

Sign up to save your podcasts

Opening Reception at Central High: Robert G. Stanton

Opening Reception at Central High: Robert G. Stanton

More shows like 2013 UGRR Conference

Glacier National Park

Going-to-the-Sun Road, Audio

Visiting Yellowstone

Yellowstone In Depth

Native American Culture & History

Revolutionary War History

Historic Preservation

Camping

Badlands in Brief

Animals