Fugitive Slaves

Next Stop: Freedom

Posted December 6th, 2007 by Intern
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Producer of the Work / Filmmaker: 

Frankford Group Ministry with Scribe Video Center

Filmmaker Facilitator: 

Videomaking Consultant - Carla Lyndale Carter, Humanities Consultant - Rona Buchalter, Post Production - Carla Lyndale Carter

Year released: 
2005
Length: 
10 min 51 seconds
Price: 

This video is available for purchase as part of a Precious Places Community History Project Vol.1 compilation DVD.

Frankford, one of the oldest communities in the county that came to be called Philadelphia, has a rich legacy of involvement in the Underground Railroad. Located just above the Mason-Dixon line, Pennsylvania—and Philadelphia in particular—was a major hub of anti-slavery activity. An 1830 Black political convention in Philadelphia to protest and organize against slavery encouraged abolitionists to use churches as sanctuaries for fugitive slaves. Next Stop: Freedom was shot by a group of Philadelphia high school students. They focus on Campbell A.M.E.

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