This project is sponsored by the Upper Hudson Library System, and funded by a grant from the New York Council for the Humanities supported, in part, by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Programs Writers, storytellers, musicians and living history actors will perform at ten public libraries in Albany and Rensselaer counties during the month of February 2001, in honor of Black History Month. The history of African Americans is largely the story of their struggle for freedom and equality. This project is supported by a grant from the New York Council for the Humanities supported, in part, by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
All programs are free and open to the public.
For more information about the programs, contact your local library. The companion site to the PBS documentary explores the odyssey of African slaves in America, from the arrival of Europeans in Africa to the American Civil War. Geography and politics conspired to make New York State a key link in the Underground Railroad. Many fugitives from slavery followed the Underground Railroad on their way to freedom in Canada. This website catalogues information the people and places of New York that were involved in the activities of the Underground Railroad.