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Podcast: Your History Your Story
Episode: S3 Ep16 New Jersey's Underground Railroad
Description: The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved people, with the aid of abolitionists to escape to free states and Canada prior to the passing of the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States in 1865.Â
In this episode, our guest is architect and historian, Frank Gerard Godlewski. Frank, whose career as an architect brought him to Italy, where he lived and worked for more than twenty years, always maintained a deep interest in the history of his hometown of Montclair, New Jersey and more specifically, black history and t...