Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/25

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Subject: [Leica] THe Bay 101 - The Underground Railroad
From: jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman)
Date: Sat Mar 25 06:40:35 2006

It seems as though every pre-1860 house in this area is described as a "stop
on the Underground Railroad."  Several years ago friend of mine used to give
tours of their late 18th-century place, which they called "a rest stop on
the Underground Railroad."  They'd say, with serious expressions, that
Harriet Tubman stopped by for the bathroom and a TCBY yogurt cone.  

Since the crowd usually nodded in agreement, my friends chalked it us to
Tocqueville's assessment of Americans and their history.

Jim Shulman
Bryn Mawr, PA

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of J&F
Safaries Ltd.
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 9:30 AM
To: leica users group
Subject: [Leica] THe Bay 101 - The Underground Railroad

It should be noted that Philadelphia, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and
New England were only stations on the Underground Rail Road due to the
"Fugitive slave act" and the Dread Scott 
Decision.  The final destination and only safe refuge was Canada.
NF




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