About this Event
606 Cherry Hill Road, Baltimore, MD 21225
This event is cancelled.
Join us for a virtual tour of the B&O Railroad museums exhibit: From Slavery to Civil Rights: The African American Railroading Legacy On this tour, we will delve into the storied history of African Americans on the railroad. From American Railroading’s inception, enslaved labor was used to build many of the early railroads in the South. Weaving through the history of the Underground Railroad, Civil War, segregation, and civil rights, we see a more complete picture of how critically intertwined the railroad has been in the fight for African American equality in America. The tour concludes with an introduction to the exhibition The Underground Railroad: Freedom Seekers on the B&O Railroad, which is located in the museum’s Mt. Clare Station – a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Site. Registration is encouraged. Please call (410) 396‑1168 to register.
Photo credit: https://collections.digitalmaryland.org/digital/collection/mdbo/id/19/rec/31