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Abolitionists & Slavery's End on the Eastern Shore (Part 2)

Delmarva Public Media | By Don Rush
Published June 5, 2019 at 8:47 AM EDT
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Long Wharf Where Frederick Douglass Returned to Eastern Shore After the Civil War
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Poster Warning Against Slave Kidnappers
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Account of Patty Cannon Published in 1841
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Samel Green
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Site Where Sam Green's Church Once Stood
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Harriet Tubman
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Talbot Boys Statue in Front of Courthouse
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Frederick Douglass Statue in Front of Courthouse
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Frederick Douglass
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Runaway Slaves in the Night from site of Sam Green's Church

The Eastern Shore produced some of the most famous abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman while maintaining a growing free black population. Delmarva Public Radio's Don Rush explores thier legacy in the second segment on Slavery on the Eastern Shore.
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Don Rush
Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.
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