请输入您要查询的百科知识:

 

词条 National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
释义

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will open on the banks of the Ohio River in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, in the summer of 2004. A $1 10-million facility , the Freedom Center will feature three pavilions, celebrating courage, cooperation and perseverance. The story of freedom is woven through the heroic legacy of the Underground Railroad and the American struggle to abolish human enslavement and secure freedom for all people.

contributor: xzq in BUPT

Cf.

The Underground Railroad

a secret system used in the US before the Civil War for. helping thousands of slaves to escape to the free northern states or Canada. The slaves were called “passengers”, the

people who helped them were “conductors”, and the slaves hid in “stations”(safe houses) along the way.

随便看

 

百科全书收录4421916条中文百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容开放、自由的电子版百科全书。

 

Copyright © 2004-2023 Cnenc.net All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/3/29 14:46:30