The National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program
This National Park Service program coordinates Underground Railroad preservation and education efforts nationwide. There are three main components to the Program:
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Educating the public about the historical significance of the Underground Railroad;
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Providing technical assistance to organizations that are identifying, documenting, preserving and interpreting sites, approximate travel routes and landscapes related to the Underground Railroad, or that are developing or operating interpretive or educational programs or facilities; and
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Develop a Network of sites, programs, and facilities with verifiable associations to the Underground Railroad, referred to as the “Network to Freedom” or the “Network.”
This historic Underground Railroad is illustrative of a basic founding principle of this nation, that all human beings embrace the right to self-determination and freedom from oppression. For more information please visit, http://www.cr.nps.gov/ugrr/
These Kansas sites, facilities, and interpretive programs are listed in the National program:
- Captain William Mitchell Homestead [site] Wabaunsee, Kansas
- Clinton Lake Museum [facility] Clinton, Kansas
- Constitution Hall—Topeka [site] Topeka, Kansas
- Dr. John Doy Home Site (ruins) [site] Lawrence, Kansas
- Henry and Ann Harvey Farmstead [site] Harveyville, Kansas
- John Armstrong House [site] Topeka, Kansas
- John and Mary Ritchie House [site] Topeka, Kansas
- John Gardner Cabin Site [site] Douglas County, Kansas
- John E. Stewart Property [site] Douglas County, Kansas
- Owens House [site] Topeka, Kansas
- Quindaro Ruins [site] Kansas City, Kansas
- Underground Railroad in Douglas County, Kansas [program]
- Watkins Community Museum of History [facility] Lawrence, Kansas
- Wabaunsee Cemetery [site] Wabaunsee, Kansas