Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Underground Railroad, as I am sure you remember, was not a railroad at all. It was a network of people and roads who helped slaves escape from captivity in the south to freedom in the north. It ran through the Eastern Shore of Maryland near the Blackwater River and though the Great Briar Swamp. Harriet Tubman was a black woman and an abolitionist who helped free over three hundred slaves during the Civil War. Her house is located on the edge of the Great Briar Swamp. This is a picture of the terrain the slaves would have crossed, and it is an image of what they would have seen as they journeyed through the swamps and marshes through Maryland moving toward freedom in Philadelphia and Delaware. I can't say that this is one of the roads on which they traveled because I simply don't know. So let's just call this photo my tribute to the people who traveled to freedom along the Underground Railroad and to the individuals who helped them. You can't show what this journey must have been like in a photograph. As always, comments and criticisms are welcome/ http://www.leica-gallery.net/barney/image-92310.html Barney