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April 22, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
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Tuesday, April 22, 2025 • 6:00pm-7:00pm
Freedom’s Waterway: The Erie Canal and the Underground Railroad
Lecturer Joshua Poole, Operations Manager of the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center will show how the Erie Canal provided routes and resources for freedom seekers escaping slavery, and the canal’s impact on the abolitionist movements of the 19th Century.