https://migrationmemorials.trinity.duke.edu/tags/underground-railroad en https://migrationmemorials.trinity.duke.edu/items/gateway-freedom-0 <div class="item-description"><div class="label-above">Description:&nbsp;</div><div class="dnd-widget-wrapper context-large type-image"> <div class="dnd-atom-rendered"><!-- scald=7619:large --><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://migrationmemorials.trinity.duke.edu/sites/migrationmemorials.trinity.duke.edu/files/styles/scald_large/public/thumbnails/image/gateway%20to%20freedom_1.jpg?itok=M6BR_2xF" width="298" height="224" alt="gateway to freedom.jpg" title="gateway to freedom.jpg" /><!-- END scald=7619 --></div> </div> <div class="dnd-widget-wrapper context-large type-image"> <div class="dnd-atom-rendered"><!-- scald=7682:large --><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://migrationmemorials.trinity.duke.edu/sites/migrationmemorials.trinity.duke.edu/files/styles/scald_large/public/thumbnails/image/gateway%204.jpg?itok=Dr_1jGCa" width="298" height="224" alt="gateway 4" title="gateway 4" /><!-- END scald=7682 --></div> </div> <p>Several routes of the Underground Railroad went through Michigan. This statue commemorates the route through Detroit. Another favorite crossing point was south of Detroit near where Amherstburg, Ontario is located. This is, perhaps, the narrowest Point in the Detroit River. And by the mid-1830s, there was a modest population of former slaves living there who aided other to escape to freedom.</p> </div><div class="field field--name-field-creator field--type-text field--label-inline clearfix"><div class="field__label">LocationMem:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">Hart Plaza Detroit, Michigan</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-publisher field--type-text field--label-inline clearfix"><div class="field__label">Institution:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">Ed Dwight commissioned by Detroit 300</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-rights field--type-text field--label-inline clearfix"><div class="field__label">Official/Unofficial:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">Unofficial</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-identifier field--type-text field--label-inline clearfix"><div class="field__label">Group Acknowledged:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">African American slaves on the underground railroad.</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-item-date field--type-text field--label-inline clearfix"><div class="field__label">Date of Dedication:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">October 20, 2001</div></div></div><div class="node-map"><div class="label-above">Place Location:&nbsp;</div><div style="width: 600px; height: 400px;" id="gmap-auto2map-gmap0" class="gmap-control gmap-gmap gmap gmap-map gmap-auto2map-gmap"><noscript>Javascript is required to view this map.</noscript></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-item-tags field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Themes:&nbsp;</div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="/tags/slavery" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">slavery</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/tags/underground-railroad" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Underground Railroad</a></div></div></div> Wed, 02 Oct 2019 18:12:11 +0000 stejohn@unc.edu 7259 at https://migrationmemorials.trinity.duke.edu