The Black Museum: 40th Anniversary Video
Join us as we look back at the last 40 years of The Black Museum (North American Black Historical Museum)
The Underground Railroad: Next Stop Freedom EN
Deborah Brown tells the true story of her heroic flight from a life of slavery in Maryland to her new life of freedom in 19th-century Toronto. This video presentation was created by Parks Canada in partnership with the Ontario Black History Society and the Royal Ontario Museum.
The Black Museum
The North American Black Historical Museum and Cultural Centre Inc. is a community-based, non-profit museum that tells the story of African-Canadians’ journey and contributions, by preserving and presenting artifacts that educate and inspire.
The Underground Railroad: Next Stop Freedom FR
Amherstburg Freedom Summit 2017
A video from City Boy Media promoting the The Freedom Summit for the Amherstburg Freedom Museum.
Black History Month 2015
CTV Commercial of the Black Museum In Amherstburg for Black History Month
Sharing Our Stories: Quarlls Family
Black History Universal Inspiration
Sharing Our Stories: Binga Family
Black History Universal Inspiration
Connections to the Underground Railroad: A Canadian History Class Trip
I was fortunate to travel to many Canadian historical sites with my American History class at University this year. The trips were part of an effort to learn more about cross-country connections to the Underground Railroad.
We travelled to the Amherstburg Freedom Museum, University of Windsor Archives & The Freedom Tower, Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site, Freedom Park, and The Elgin Settlement.
If you'd like to learn more about any of the sites that I visited you can check out to read more my travels on my blog.
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Experience Amherstburg - Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island
Where can W.E take you? Plan a trip to Windsor Essex and explore all of the great things to see & do in our region, including Amherstburg. Start your adventure now at visitwindsoressex.com
When you’re ready to discover history, amazing restaurants, quaint boutiques, 16 wineries and more, you’re ready to discover Amherstburg, Ontario. You can hop from shop to shop all located steps from their award winning waterfront park along the Detroit River. Or check out their award winning festivals held on the streets, in the parks, and on the grounds of historic Fort Malden. Amherstburg is 45 minutes of 5.7 million people, but when you’re here they’ll make you feel like one in a million! Come see Amherstburg...you’re going to love it here.
Partners featured in the video include:
Fort Malden National Historic Site
Beacon Ale House
Artisans Grill
Kings Navy Yard Park
Gibson Gallery
Amherstburg Freedom Museum
Wolfhead Distillery
WE Trolley
67 Richmond
Enabling Accessibility Fund granted to the Black Museum
Jeff Watson, MP-Essex announced that the Black Museum and three other community groups will be receiving more than $83k dollars from the Enabling Accessibility Fund to improve accessibility for Canadians with disabilities.
First Jerusalem Leaders Summit | Affirming our Common Civilization | Justice - Freedom
First Jerusalem Leaders Summit | Affirming our Common Civilization - The Rule of Law, Economic Freedom and Security
Strengthening the Strategic Partnership with Israel
The First Jerusalem Leaders Summit | Highlights
November 3-4, 2015
The Inbal Jerusalem Hotel, Israel
-Joel Anand Samy, Co-Founder, International Leaders Summit
-Becky Norton Dunlop, Vice President, The Heritage Foundation
-Yasmine Dehaene, Executive Director, The Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe (ADDE)
-Natasha Srdoc, Co-Founder, International Leaders Summit and Adriatic Institute
-Steve Linde, Editor-in-Chief, The Jerusalem Post
-Paul Nuttall, Member of the European Parliament, UK, UKIP Deputy Leader and Leader, Brussels’ UKIP Delegation
-Sanford Saunders, Co-Managing Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Washington, D.C.
-Jon Medved, CEO, OurCrowd
-Petr Mach, Member of the European Parliament, Czech Republic
-Ambassador Jeremy Issacharoff, Vice-Director General, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The State of Israel
-Yoav Kish, Member of the Knesset, The State of Israel
-Gadi Shamni, Major General (Ret.), The State of Israel
-Dr. Jerry A. Johnson, President and CEO, National Religious Broadcasters
-Joel C. Rosenberg, New York Times’ Best-Selling Author and Founder, The Joshua Fund
-Dr. Ariel Cohen, Principal, International Market Analysis
-Mischaël Modrikamen, President, People’s Party, Belgium
-Roger Helmer, Member of the European Parliament, United Kingdom
-Maurice McTigue, QSO, Former Cabinet Minister, New Zealand and Ambassador to Canada
Shannon Price Buxton Heritage Site Ontario Canada
Buxton National Historic Heritage Site & Museum
Underground Railroad Stop
Visit Buxton Settlement of Descendants of Freed Slaves
Visit Buxton National Historic Site and Museum
North Buxton, Ontario, Canada
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Underground Railroad | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Underground Railroad
00:01:36 1 Political background
00:03:35 2 Structure
00:05:01 3 Route
00:06:28 3.1 Traveling conditions
00:09:45 3.2 Terminology
00:11:43 3.3 National Underground Railroad Network
00:12:31 4 Folklore
00:14:52 5 Legal and political
00:15:27 6 Criticism
00:16:11 7 Arrival in Canada
00:19:09 8 Notable people
00:19:18 9 Related events
00:19:28 10 Inspirations for fiction
00:20:14 11 Contemporary literature
00:20:52 12 See also
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The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century, and used by African-American slaves to escape into free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause. The term is also applied to the abolitionists, both black and white, free and enslaved, who aided the fugitives. Various other routes led to Mexico or overseas. An earlier escape route running south toward Florida, then a Spanish possession (except 1763–83), existed from the late 17th century until Florida became a part of United States territory in 1821 (ending the safe haven for escaped slaves was the main reason Florida changed nationality). However, the network now generally known as the Underground Railroad was formed in the late 1700s, and it ran north to the free states and Canada, and reached its height between 1850 and 1860. One estimate suggests that by 1850, 100,000 slaves had escaped via the Railroad.British North America (present-day Canada), where slavery was prohibited, was a popular destination, as its long border gave many points of access. Most former slaves settled in Ontario. More than 30,000 people were said to have escaped there via the network during its 20-year peak period, although U.S. Census figures account for only 6,000. Numerous fugitives' stories are documented in the 1872 book The Underground Railroad Records by William Still, an abolitionist who then headed the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee.
Beginning of the Underground Railroad to Canada | 2015 |TD Gallery
The Beginning of the Underground Railroad to Canada presented by Afua Cooper, Ph.D., Jamer R. Johnston Endowed Black STudies Professor, Dalhouse University, Halifax, Canada. Presented in conjunction with the TD Gallery and Toronto Public Library's exhibit Freedom City: Uncovering Toronto's Black History Jan 31 to March 29, 2015
DETROIT - UNDERGROUND RAILWAY - SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH
The most amazing discovery I made on the edge of Greektown in downtown Detroit was Second Baptist Church. Because I have a strong interest in black history and negro spiritual music this church immediately piqued my interest. The historical plaque said it was the oldest black congregation in Michigan. Further investigation revealed that the church was a STATION in the famous UNDERGROUND RAILWAY that was a conduit for escaping slaves to reach Canada among other places. Proximity to the Detroit River made this station the last stop before Canada extremely important.
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The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century, and used by African-American slaves to escape into free states, Canada and Nova Scotia with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause.The term is also applied to the abolitionists, both black and white, free and enslaved, who aided the fugitives. Various other routes led to Mexico or overseas. An earlier escape route running south toward Florida, then a Spanish possession (except 1763–83), existed from the late 17th century until Florida became a United States territory in 1821 (ending the safe haven for escaped slaves was the main reason Florida changed nationality).However, the network now generally known as the Underground Railroad was formed in the late 1700s, and it ran north to the free states and Canada, and reached its height between 1850 and 1860.[6] One estimate suggests that by 1850, 100,000 slaves had escaped via the Railroad.
The Second Baptist Church, located at 441 Monroe Street within Greektown in Detroit, Michigan, is the oldest African-American church in the Midwestern United States. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1974 listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
The church was organized in March 1836 by 13 former slaves who left the First Baptist Church due to discrimination.[4] Second Baptist was Detroit's seventh major church.[3] With the Detroit River and Canada's border only a thousand yards away, the Second Baptist Church quickly undertook the mission of helping free slaves and constructed a room under the sanctuary where escaping slaves stayed until they could continue their journey.[5] Church leaders assisted in creating the Amherstburg Baptist Association and the Canadian Anti-Slavery Baptist Association, each of which were abolitionist groups in Canada.[4] From its founding until the end of the Civil War, the church served as a station on the Underground Railroad, hosting some 5,000 slaves before their eventual departure to Canada.[3]
Second Baptist also opened the city's first school for black children in 1839,[3] and in 1843 and 1865 hosted a State Convention of Colored Citizens to petition the Michigan government for Negro Suffrage.[4] Ralph Bunche, who later became the first African-American to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, was baptized in the church. Second Baptist was instrumental in the formation of over 30 other African-American churches.
the Senior Pastor of Second Baptist Church is Reverend Dr. Kevin Turman earned his B.A. in government from Harvard College. He also holds a master's degree in divinity from Yale University and a doctorate in ministry from the United Theological Seminary. Turman is the senior pastor for the Second Baptist Church of Detroit. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy.
Spirituals (or Negro spirituals are generally Christian songs that were created by African Americans.[3] Spirituals were originally an oral tradition that imparted Christian values while also describing the hardships of slavery.[4] Although spirituals were originally unaccompanied monophonic (unison) songs, they are best known today in harmonized choral arrangements. This historic group of uniquely American songs is now recognized as a distinct genre of music.
The term spiritual is derived from spiritual song, from the King James Bible's translation of Ephesians 5:19, which says, Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.[6] Slave Songs of the United States, the first major collection of negro spirituals, was published in 1867.
Musicologist George Pullen Jackson extended the term spiritual to a wider range of folk hymnody, as in his 1938 book, White Spirituals in the Southern Uplands, but this does not appear to have been widespread usage previously. The term, however, has often been broadened to include subsequent arrangements into more standard European-American hymnodic styles, and to include post-emancipation songs with stylistic similarities to the original African American spirituals.
Cannon Fire @ Military Heritage Days at Fort Malden
Aug 3rd 2013
Underground Railroad - Explained at the Buxton School
The story of American slaves escaping on the underground railway to freedom in Canada, as told by Shannon Prince the Curator of the Buxton National Historic Site and Museum.
Shannon Price is also a storyteller and participant in historical re-enactments which brings the history of Buxton and the Underground Railroad to life. She is a descendant of the early fugitive families that came to Canada for freedom and opportunity. She bring a unique insight, respect and a love for this chapter in our heritage.
video: Stephen Smith
reporter: Ilona Kauremszky
Golden Isles Masonic Lodge 707 Chicken Fry
2008-03-15 Saturday. St. Simons Island, Georgia. Featuring Glenn Mikell, Lee Yonkers, Jack Renfroe, John Winslett, James Winslett.
The Best of Buxton 2010.wmv
The 86th Annual North Buxton Homecoming
September 2010
This is the Party in the Park Part 7.
Put on by the Buxton Youth Committee: The Next Generation
If you have never experienced a Homecoming in Buxton, you should put it on your Bucket List and come visit the living history of one of the last stops on the Underground Railroad to Freedom.
For More info and directions to the Buxton Settlement visit buxtonmuseum.com