Muskingum County History in cooperation with the Muskingum County Library and the generous sponsorship from the Muskingum County Community Foundation and North Valley Bank presents its Third Annual Underground Railroad Symposium.
Registration is online through the Muskingum County Library website starting August 16, 2022. The library will provide box lunches to first fifty (50) people to register. The program will also be live-streamed on the library’s Facebook page.
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
9:00 a.m. to 9:30a.m. Check in/registration/Coffee & Donuts
9:30 a.m. to 10:30a.m. Professor Robert K. Wallace: Frederick Douglass
10:45 a.m. to 11:45a.m. Ilene Evans: Harriet Tubman
11:45a.m. to 1:00p.m. Lunch
1:15p.m. to 2:15p.m. Professor David Kimmel: Negro Town
2:30 p.m. to 3:30p.m. Rick Booth: Guernsey County and the UGRR
SPEAKERS
Rick Booth: Mr. Booth is a resident of Cambridge, Ohio. A former digital video and video games system programmer, Rick now uses his technical skills to digitize historic photos and documents for the Guernsey County Historical Society and other organizations. Continuing a tradition begun by his father in 1999, as a local historian, Rick has written over 120 monthly history articles for local magazines in the past decade. Rick will speak on the involvement of Guernsey County and its residents in the Underground Railroad.
Ilene Evans: Ms. Evans is the artistic director of Voices from the Earth, Inc. Voices from the Earth is an educational touring theatre company that presents programs throughout the United States. She is an inspired storyteller, performer and scholar who weaves music, poetry, dance and drama, to bring history alive in order to educate and entertain her audience. Ms. Evans will perform Harriet Tubman (1820-1913) “Moses”, to not only entertain but more importantly to educate the audience on her involvement and participation in the Underground Railroad.
David Kimmel: Dr. Kimmel received his PhD from Ohio State University. He is Professor Emeritus at Heidelberg University where he taught English for almost 30 years. He now writes fulltime. His first book, Outrage in Ohio,was published in 2018. Dr. Kimmel’s presentation will focus on Negro Town, the title to his second book. Dr. Kimmel will tell the history and story of Negro Town and its residents. Negro Town was located on the northern edge of the Wyandot Grand Reservation, the last Indian reservation in Ohio.
Robert K. Wallace: Dr. Wallace is Regents Professor of English at Northern Kentucky University. His books included Jane Austen and Mozart; Melville and Turner; Frank and Stella’s Moby-Dick; and, Melville and Douglass. He is currently writing a book on Frederick Douglass and the Cincinnati Antislavery. Dr. Wallace will talk on Frederick Douglass’ travels in Ohio from 1843-1856, beginning with his lecture tour through central Ohio, including Putnam and Lloydsville in 1843 and concluding with Douglass’ coverage of the Margaret Garner tragedy in Cincinnati in 1856.