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Cape May and the Underground Railroad

Presented by the Center for Community Arts

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Join the Community History Committee from the Center for Community Arts (CCA) as they present an overview of the Underground Railroad Tour from the comfort of the Library.  Learn of the places where escaped enslaved persons sought refuge and who helped continue their journeys to freedom. Hear about Harriet Tubman and Stephen Smith, a successful businessman, abolitionist, and unsung hero. The tour was accepted by the National Service to the Network to Freedom program.

Center for Community Arts’ Community History Program is dedicated to discovering, preserving and presenting the African American history of Cape May County. The Committee administers the John T. and Janet “Dolly” D. Nash African American History Archives now housed at the Cape May Library Branch in the Historic Franklin Street School. They used the archive to author their book Black Voices of Cape May: a Feeling of Community, create annual exhibits and the Underground Railroad Tour in partnership with Cape May MAC, present African American Heritage Walking Tours during Cape May’s tourist season and by appointment, develop a 10-stop self-guided audio tour, contribute to the addendum of Cape May Historic District, and assist State and Cape May City governments and area organizations.

Learn more about the CCA: https://www.centerforcommunityarts.org/ 

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