From Baseline to the River

Name: From Baseline to the River
Start: 2025-02-27T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-27T20:30:00-05:00
Location: 33175 Ann Arbor Trail, Westland, MI, United States, Michigan 48185

Schedule

Thu Feb 27 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

33175 Ann Arbor Trail, Westland, MI, United States, Michigan 48185 | Westland, MI

Registration is required here: https://wayneco.recpro-iframe.com/Default.aspx.
This event explores the rich history and heritage of the Underground Railroad (UGRR) movement in western Wayne County and Downriver. From western Wayne County communities, such as Canton and Nankin (modern-day Westland), Romulus, to the southwest region, we will explore different areas of the county that once served as a refuge for Freedom Seekers who escaped slavery. Downriver communities, such as Trenton, Wyandotte, Grosse Isle, Zug Island, and others, provided safe havens and assisted in transporting enslaved African Americans to Canada. This program will highlight both western Wayne County and the downriver area UGRR networks—a combination of black and white abolitionists—contributions to freedom and emancipation.
We will cancel only in extreme weather conditions. In this case, you will be emailed by 4:00 PM on the day before the program and given credit for a future program.

Where is it happening?

33175 Ann Arbor Trail, Westland, MI, United States, Michigan 48185

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From Baseline to the River

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Host or Publisher Nankin Mills Interpretive Center

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