The Journey Continues

Additional Resources

video resources

• The Journey Collection from the Frazier History Museum

• Ted Ed: The Secret Society of the Great Dismal Swamp

places to visit

• Frazier History Museum

• Carnegie Center for Art and History

• Roots 101 African American Museum

• Kentucky Center for African American Heritage

• Eastern Cemetery

• Maysville, Kentucky's Underground Railroad Sites

• National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

• Kentucky Historical Society

Books and articles:

• Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad in the Kentucky Borderland by Dr. J. Blaine Hudson

• I’ve Got a Home in Glory Land by Karolyn Smardz Frost

• Freedom Clothes: The Amazing Tale of Thornton and Lucie Blackburn by Estella Conwill Majozo

• The Liberty Line: The Legend of the Underground Railroad by Larry Gara

• Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America by W. Caleb McDaniel

Podcasts:

• Throughline on NPR: American Exile with Karolyn Smardz Frost

• The Reckoning: Facing the Legacy of Slavery in America

• 30 Days of Stories on the Underground Railroad with the Oldham County History Center

• The Humanity Archive

Websites

• Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 to 1938

• Toronto Ward Museum- an overview of Thornton Blackburn’s life as part of the on-line exhibition “Pathways to Toronto”

• Freedom on the Move - a database of fugitives from American slavery

• ExploreKYHistory - Blackburn historic marker overview, provided by the KY Historical Society

• Explore Kentucky’s Slavery and Emancipation History - created by the KY Historical Society

• I Was Here Project Louisville - Louisville Downtown Partnership and Metro Council District 4 collaborate to offer augmented reality art installations

Please note: the Frazier History Museum has made every effort to use the most up-to-date and inclusive terminology in the materials we create. However, due to the evolving understandings of language, some of the terminology used in these sources may not reflect current standards.