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Delaware County’s Underground Railroad

Nether Providence Historical Society presents
Delaware County’s Underground Railroad
Sunday, May 15th at 3pm

Delaware County's Underground RailroadThe Underground Railroad stretched from the southern slave states into the North and on to Canada. Approaching Philadelphia were three much-used escape routes and the counties surrounding the city had more lines to the square mile than any other part of the railroad.
Nancy Webster will tell us about our area’s stops on the Freedom Train.

Stage One at Summit School, Plush Mill Road in Wallingford

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