Join historian Anthony Cohen for a lecture and preview of the upcoming book Great Escapes: Journeys on Maryland’s Underground Railroad.
A project of The Menare Foundation, Inc. and Heritage Montgomery, the book explores the people, places and social forces that created a pathway to freedom, forged by self-emancipating slaves and their allies from the 1830s to the brink of the Civil War. Q&A session to follow presentation.
This event, sponsored by Friends of the Library Rockville Memorial Chapter, is free and open to the public.
AGE GROUP: | Teens | Older Adults | Adult |
EVENT TYPE: | Meet the Author | Lectures and Discussions |
TAGS: | Friends of the Library |