Footsteps to Freedom: A 3,000-mile journey retracing the Underground Railroad stops in Rochester
Rochester is one of the final stops in the 3,000 mile journey. Many enslaved people found refuge in Rochester on their way to freedom — either in the northern United States or in Canada. People from all over come together to learn the successes and struggles faced during the Underground Railroad over eight days as part of Footsteps to Freedom.
“Embodying this is very close to the stories that my grandmother tells me about the South, and what she had to endure, and what her parents had to endure,” said Tiffani Patterson, an assistant principal from California.
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