Hello folks, Don Wildman, your host of American History Hit, here with something a little different.

I want to share with you a podcast I think you like, American History Tellers.

In the decades before the Civil War, slavery's grip on America tightened.

But soon a diverse group of abolitionists, both black and white, began to construct a clandestine

path to freedom for the enslaved.

Hosted by Lindsay Graham,

Wundere's podcast American History Tellers

takes you to the events, times, and people

that shaped America and Americans,

our values, our struggles struggles and our dreams. In the latest series

you'll learn about the Underground Railroad, a covert network of secret routes and

safe houses, operated by men and women committed to helping enslaved people escape

bondage in the South. Fugitive slaves and anyone helping them faced terrible violence,

even death if caught. But for those brave enough to risk the journey, the

Underground Railroad offered a path to Northern States and Canada, where their freedom

could be assured. I'm about to play a clip here and you can follow

American history tellers on the Wundry app or wherever you get your podcasts.

Imagine it's January 1838 in Ripley, Ohio.

Wind rattles the windows of the Red Oak Presbyterian Church,

where a meeting of the local anti-slavery society has just adjourned.

You are a dedicated abolitionist. Anti-Slavery Society has just adjourned.

You are a dedicated abolitionist, and over the past few years you've sheltered fugitive slaves

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