In a new Takoma Park Arts event, University of Maryland history professor Richard Bell will share the little-known and horrific history of the “Reverse Underground Railroad.” In the decades leading up to the Civil War, free Black children and adults in the North were kidnapped and sold into enslavement in the South.
Bell will talk about the history of the Reverse Underground Railroad which he researched for his book titled "Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped Into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home." It's the true story of five Black boys who were lured onto a ship in Philadelphia in 1825 with the promise of food and pay but were instead met with blindfolds, ropes, and knives. Over four long months, their kidnappers drove them overland into the Deep South to be sold as slaves. Determined to resist, the boys formed a tight brotherhood as they struggled to free themselves and find their way home.
This event is part of the Takoma Park Arts cultural series organized by the City of Takoma Park's Arts and Humanities Division. For more info about our events, you can sign up for our e-newsletter at https://takomaparkmd.gov/.../arts.../arts-newsletter-sign-up See less
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