National Underground Railroad Freedom CenterEstablishedAugust 2004Location50 E. Freedom Way Cincinnati, Ohio 45202TypePublicVisitors180,000 annualPresidentWoodrow Keown, Jr.WebsiteThe National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is a in downtown, based on the history of the. Opened in 2004, the Center also pays tribute to all efforts to 'abolish human and secure for all people.' It is one of a new group of 'museums of conscience' in the United States, along with the, the and the. The Center offers insight into the struggle for freedom in the past, in the present, and for the future, as it attempts to challenge visitors to contemplate the meaning of freedom in their own lives. Its location recognizes the significant role of Cincinnati in the history of the Underground Railroad, as thousands of slaves escaped to freedom by crossing the from the southern slave states. Many found refuge in the city, some staying there temporarily before heading north to gain freedom in Canada.

The Blairsville Area Underground Railroad History Center is open April through October for special events and by appointment. Call 724-599-8105 to arrange group or individual visits. We are able to provide for student groups and adult study groups and partner with local historical societies and tourism entities.

Main entrance to the National Underground Railroad Freedom CenterAfter ten years of planning, fundraising, and construction, the $110 million Freedom Center opened to the public on August 3, 2004; official opening ceremonies took place on August 23. The 158,000 square foot (15,000 m²) structure was designed by (design architect) of with Blackburn Architects (architect of record) of. Three pavilions celebrate, and perseverance. The exterior features rough stone from on the east and west faces of the building, and copper panels on the north and south. According to, one of its primary before his death, the building's 'undulating quality' expresses the fields and the river that escaping slaves crossed to reach freedom., and attended the groundbreaking ceremony on June 17, 2002.Slave pen. The principal artifact at the Freedom Center, was transported from its original Kentucky location and reconstructed on the second floor of the CenterThe center's principal artifact is a 21 by 30-foot (6 by 9 m), two-story log slave pen built in 1830. By 2003, it was 'the only known surviving rural slave jail,' previously used to house slaves prior to their being shipped to auction.

The structure was moved from a farm in, where a tobacco barn had been built around it.It was reconstructed in the second-floor atrium of the museum, where visitors encounter it again and again while exploring other exhibits. Passersby on the street outside can also see it through the Center's large windows. This shackle ring in the second-floor joist was used to secure male slaves in the penThe pen was originally owned by Captain John Anderson, a veteran of the and slave trader. Slaves from the area were transported from to slave markets in and; they were held in this pen for a few days or several months, as he and other traders waited for favorable conditions and higher selling prices.

The pen has eight small windows, the original stone floor and fireplace. On the second floor are a row of rings (see photo at right) through which a central chain ran, tethering men on either side. Male slaves were held on the second floor, while women were kept on the first floor, where they used the fireplace for cooking.' The pen is powerful,' says, and senior adviser to the museum. 'It has the feeling of hallowed ground. When people stand inside, they speak in whispers. It is a sacred place.

I believe it is here to tell a story – the story of the internal slave trade to future generations.' Visitors to the museum can walk through the holding pen and touch its walls. The first names of some of the slaves believed to have been held in the pen are listed on a wooden slab in the pen's interior; they were documented in records kept by slave traders who used the pen.Westmoreland spent three and a half years uncovering the story of the slave jail. Its authentication by him and other historians is considered 'a landmark in the material culture of slavery.' Westmoreland said,We're just beginning to remember. There is a hidden history right below the surface, part of the unspoken vocabulary of the American historic landscape. It's nothing but a pile of logs, yet it is everything.

Other features Prominent features of the Center include:. The 'Suite for Freedom' Theater features three animated films: these address the fragile nature of freedom throughout human history, particularly as related to the Underground Railroad and slavery in the.

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The 'ESCAPE! Freedom Seekers' interactive display about the Underground Railroad; it presents school groups and families with young children with choices on an imaginary escape attempt. The gallery features information about figures including, an;, an escaped slave and conductor on the Underground Railroad; and, an escaped slave who became an abolitionist and orator.

The film, Brothers of the Borderland, tells the story of the Underground Railroad in, where conductors both black – and white – helped slaves such as a fictional Alice.

The National Park Service preserves and protects powerful places - the physical memory of our nation's history. Locations related to the Underground Railroad are part of the Network to Freedom program.

The locations in this program include National Park units, as well as locations with a verifiable connection to the Underground Railroad. Visiting these places - virtually or in person - allows you to form your own connections to the story of the Underground Railroad in America.The Network to Freedom currently contains over 600 locations nationwide with a verifiable connection to the Underground Railroad. These locations include sites, facilities and programs, most of which can be visited.This includes the locations of those open to the public and/or include public information about properties. Some locations are not plotted on the map for privacy and/or security reasons. The list of all Network to Freedom locations is available for (accessible PDF).The list below is still being updated and states and their Network to Freedom members are still being added. (Bristol). Freedom is My Home (Columbus).

(Corydon). (Crawfordsville). (Crawfordsville). (Fountain City). (Greensburg).

(Greensburg). (Indianapolis). (Indianapolis).

(Indianapolis). (Jeffersonville). (Lynn).

Chapman Harris House (Madison). Dr. Samuel Tibbets House (Madison). (Madison). (Madison). Isaiah Walton House Site (Madison).

John Gill and Martha Wilson Craven Home (Madison). (Madison). Tibbets House (Madison). (New Albany). (New Albany). William and Margaret Hicklin House (North Vernon).

Seymour Train Station (Seymour). John 'Jack' Howe Burial Site at Bedford City Cemetery (Bedford). (Burlington). Edwin James Burial Site at Rock Springs Cemetery (Burlington). J.H.B. Armstrong House (Burlington). Marion Hall Site (Burlington).

William Salter House Cincinnati (Burlington). (Davenport). Denmark Congregational Church (Denmark). Trowbridge House (Denmark). (Des Moines). Josiah B. Grinnell Burial Site at (Grinnell).

(Lewis). (Newton). Ira Blanchard House and Cemetery (Percival). William Wallace Merritt, Senior Burial Site at (Red Oak). (Salem). Tabor Cemetery (Tabor). (West Des Moines).

Winterset Jail (Winterset). (Boston). (Boston). (Boston). (Boston). (Boston).

(Boston). Tappan-Philbrick House (Brookline).

(Brookline). Joshua Bowen Smith House (Cambridge). (Cambridge). (Cambridge). Hart and Mary Leavitt House (Charlemont).

(Charlemont). (NPS, Minute Man National Historic Park, Concord). (NPS, Minute Man National Historical Park, Concord). (Florence).

(Florence). (Florence). Samuel May Jr.

House (Leicester). (NPS, New Bedford Whaling National Historic Park). (New Bedford). (New Bedford). Sergeant William H.

Carney House (New Bedford). (Newton). Joseph Story House (Salem). (NPS, Salem Maritime National Historic Site). (Springfield). (Waltham).

(Adrian). Guy Beckley House (Ann Arbor). (Ann Arbor). W.W.

Harwood Farm (Ann Arbor). (Battle Creek). Stephen Bogue Commemorative Marker (Cassopolis). Blackburn Rescue and Riots (1833) at the Wayne County Jail Site (Detroit). Caroline Quarlls:A Family Legacy of Freedom (Detroit). (Detroit).

(Detroit). (Detroit). (Detroit). George deBaptiste House (Detroit). (Detroit). St. Matthews Episcopal Church (St.

Matthews & St. Josephs Episcopal Church) (Detroit). Nathan Power Burial Site (Farmington). Isaac Bailey Burial Site at Oakhill Cemetary (Grand Rapids).

Mount Evergreen Cemetary (Jackson). (Lansing). (Marshall). Jonathan Walker Grave and Marker (Muskegon). John Lowry Burial Site at Lodi Cemetary (Saline).

Dr. Thomas House (Schoolcraft). McCoy Cabin Site at Starkweather Farm (Ypsilanti). (Ypsilanti). Cyrus Griest Burial Site at Menallen Friends (Biglerville). Balirsville Passport to Freedom UGRR Experience (Blairsville).

Kaufman's Station at boiling Springs (Boiling Springs). Edward Mathews Burial Site at Yellow Hill (Butler Township). (Carlisle). (Carlisle).

Henry Watson Burial Site at Mt.