Upcoming Event

Three Hour Documentary

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD -
"FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM"

Bull's-Eye Production, Inc. and Kean University is producing a Documentary & CD-ROM, which explores the very rich and diverse history of the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad - "From Slavery to Freedom", tracking the path through New Jersey, Philadelphia and New York. Photographs, historical sites and stories of prominent slaves, as well as other not-so well known slaves will be used as the foundation of an inclusive historical account of the Underground Railroad. In addition, all existing photographs, film footage and documents will be available on VHS or DVC format tape for use by local historical repositories, community members and Kean University.

VARIETY AND LENGTH OF PROGRAMS

Although slavery has been a part of American history and folklore for well over 150 years, the recent past has seen an increased public interest in the identification of historic sites associated with the experience of fugitive slaves in New Jersey, Philadelphia and New York.

Since the late 1960's many researchers have utilized the perspectives and methodologies of archaeologists, anthropologits, social historians and material to focus on the lives and communities of enslaved and freed slaves. These methods permit historic site administrators, historians and members of the general public to create more meaningful and exclusive documented accounts of the Underground Railroad, and slavery as a whole.

It is important that local historians in New Jersey, Philadelphia and New York supplement oral narratives and legends of the Underground Railroad with documentation that supports local accounts and places the Underground Railroad in a broader context of slavery in American history.

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For more information:
Bull's-Eye Production, Inc.
179 Kingsberry Dr.
Somerset, NJ 08873 US
mailto:bepi@nac.net
(732) 873-3241
Fax: (732) 873-7427