Record #:

39960

Author(s):

Green, Jim

Abstract:

This article features the Washington Underground Railroad Museum, created in 2016 in Washington, Beaufort County in a downtown caboose. The National Park Service named the Washington waterfront as Underground Railroad to Freedom site in 2014. The museum is run by Leesa Jones and gives a pictorial history of slavery in Washington and Beaufort County.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 11 Issue No. 1, January 2019, p50-52, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Washington (N.C.)--Underground Railroad Museum; Underground Railroad--Washington NC