harry brown Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 SAW LAST MONTH ON PBS CHANNEL , SHOW ABOUT THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.NOT HARRIET TUBMAN, THE TOPIC WAS WILLIAM STILL.HE WAS INVOLVED IN HELPING RUNAWAY SLAVES ,SOME GET TO CANADA.HE MET WITH THE GREAT HARRIET TUBMAN,,UNTIL LAST MONTH, NEVER HEARD OF WILLIAM STILL...BLACK PEOPLE CALL EACH OTHER UNCLE TOM, DO THEY KNOW THE CHARACTER ,UNCLE TOM,///BLACK COMMUNITIES IS MORE HOUSE NEGRO AND FIELD NEGRO..CHURCHES, POLITICIANS LOT OF HOUSE NEGROES LEADING BLACK PEOPLE./////// 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDBurns Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Troy was mentioning this the other day. I've always told my students not to call a sellout Uncle Tom. Uncle Tom actually sacrificed himself for his people. Sambo was the turncoat and traitor. We really don't get all of the history we should. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 12, 2015 Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 Living in the Philadelphia area, you hear often about William Still which is where he lived. He was one of the most active abolitionists in the area and also a conductor on the Underground Railroad, like Harriet Tubman, and they quite naturally met often. My store, Color Book Gallery, is on the same block as the Johnson House Historic Site, which is one of only 2 sites open in Philly for tours as a underground railroad site. William Still and Harriet Tubman both had come through the Johnson House. As such, our block, 6300 Block Germantown Avenue, hosts the only Annual Juneteenth Street Festival in Philly. If you are in the area, stop by. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted September 12, 2015 Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 Guest, I was just thinking about the Johnson house. It caught my eye driving down Germantown avenue (because my name is Johnson). I noticed from reading the placard out front that is was a stop on the underground railroad. Yesterday, I discovered a bookstore just a block or two away, The Color Book Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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