Announcing the
Underground Railroad Project at Sassafras Ridge
& Carolina Vistas

Background

Research revealed that  that one of the corridors of the underground railroad actually arose in our community, Sassafras Ridge. (www.schormburgcenter.org )  We know that Africans used to escape from the plantations of Georgia and find safe haven with the Cherokee Indians in the Tennessee mountains.  Some stayed with the Cherokee community.  Others stayed until they were able to connect with the underground railroad and escape to free states or leave the country altogether. There were many corridors to the underground railroad.  Slaves escaped south to Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, and the Bahamas.  They took boats out South Carolina to Philadelphia, New York and Canada.  They went over land from the Appalachians to Ohio, New York and from there to Canada. ( Hard Road to Freedom, James R. Horton & Lois Horton, Rutgers University Press, July 2001.)

What we want to do

Several members of Sassafras have decided to honor and commemorate these courageous women and men who risked their lives time after time to rescue others from the horrors of slavery.  We want to tell their names and their stories.  We want to create a monument at  Sassafras Ridge to acknowledge their contributions and let all know their stories.  We intend to create a small museum on the grounds of Sassafras. The museum will immortalize our story for our children and all to know.

 

How you can participate

You can sign up for active participation, or you can make a contribution.
We are at the ground floor.  All levels of participation are open. Others may choose to support this effort by donating money.  Everyone who makes a contribution of $50 to the project will have their name on the monument/ or brick walk/wall as a supporter of this project.  Contributors of $200 or more will have  more prominent representation  as "gold circle" contributors.  Of course the names will remain here for perpetuity  -- in a place where you can bring friends, children, grands and great grands for generations to come.

Please provide the following registration information:

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e-mail address

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