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• enslavement and servitude
  includes:  Buying a Slave, Images of Enslavement, Lists of Slaves, Slave Rebellion in Pennsylvania, Slave Dealers, more
• underground railroad
  includes:  Underground Railroad Activity in Harrisburg; Christopher Densmore's Newsletters, more
• rising free - the 19^th century
  includes:  Midland Cemetery; The Fugitive Slave Law; Lincoln Cemetery, more
• teacher and student (and parents) pages
  links, lesson plans, ideas

featured files

• Wilkes-Barre 1850 Who were the African American residents of this UGRR town?
• Slave Merchants Active slave merchants in 1700s Southeastern Pennsylvania
• J. Miller McKim Carlisle abolitionist visits a Washington DC slave prison
• Tidioute Cemetery Heritage: Well kept grave of a USCT soldier

Rap Dixon Memorial
Rap Dixon Program
Rap Dixon Obit
New Midland pics
Dr. J. Edward Foster
Dr. C. Lennon Carter

new letters from

Beverly Wills
Calobe Jackson, Jr.
Michael Barton
Barbara Barksdale
Tim Niesen

updated files

HHS Football
Carelock Family

• a century of change - the 20^th century
  includes:  Hygienic School; 1920 Census; Black Baseball in Harrisburg, Wickersham School, more
• historic midland cemetery
  Friends of Midland Cemetery home page, local history, genealogy, more

elsewhere on the web

The Lumenarium
The official Blog of the Afrolumens Project

Freedom Lies Just North
People, places and tours of the Underground Railroad in Gettysburg and Adams County.  This site explores the people, locations and the operations of those who helped fugitive slaves escape through Adams County.