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Think & Drink: Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad in Northeastern Illinois
September 12 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Historian, Larry McClellan, author of Onward to Chicago: Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad in Northeastern Illinois
(Southern Illinois University Press, 2023), shares untold stories of enslaved people escaping north to Illinois and the Chicago area. McClellan’s research explores multiple escape routes, including the pivotal role of the I&M Canal.