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Program to explore role the Underground Railroad played in Kendall and Kane counties · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Programmed to explore role the Underground Railroad played in Kendall and Kane
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  counties, Written by Shaw Local News Network. This article is being read
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  by an automated voice, brought to you by Everlett. The Montgomery Historic
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  Preservation Commission will host a free public presentation on the Underground Railroad
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  and the Anti Slavery Movement in Kendall and Kane counties, the village
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  said. The presentation titled Freedom's Path, The Underground Railroad, and the Anti-Slavery
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  Movement in Kendall and Kane Counties, is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. September
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  24 at Montgomery Village Hall 200 North River Street, according to a
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  news release. The event is free and open to the public and
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  advance registration is not required. Historians Eric Krupa of them St. Charles
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  History Museum and Zachary Bishop of Aurora University will discuss the role
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  the two counties played in the Underground Railroad and the broader anti
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  slavery movement, the Village said. The presentation will share stories of freedom
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  seekers who passed through the region, local abolitionists who assisted them, and
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  the grassroots activism that challenged slavery in northern Illinois. The Commission said
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  the presentation is timed to commemorate International Underground Railroad Month and to
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  recognize local connections to the era. Many residents of Kendall and Kane
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  counties fought slavery through political action, religious activism, and directly aiding freedom
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  seekers escaping on the Underground Railroad, Bishop said. They strongly believe that
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  our country should live up to its founding ideal that all men
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  are created equal. Kruppert serves as the Collections and Exhibitions Mads Manager
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  at the St. Charles History Museum and earned a master of Library
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  and Information Science degree with a concentration in archival work from the
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  University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is a co-founder of the Illinois Network to
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  Freedom.
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  And uh has nominated several sites to the National Underground Railroad Network
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  to Freedom. Bishop serves as the registrar, museum manager, and museum studies
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  instructor at the Xing Muti Center at Aurora University and earned a
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  Master of Arts in History from Northern Illinois University, according to the
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  release. He has worked in museums and public history for more than
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  ten years and also co-founded the Illinois Network to Freedom. For more
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  information about the commission and upcoming programs, the village directed the public
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  to Montgomery.org or hpc atmontgommeral.org. This article was reformatted
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  from a news release using artificial intelligence. A SHA local editor verified
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  the information, edited the article, and approved it before publication.