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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">For any interested in learning more about the Underground Railroad in Michigan, come join the
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Michigan Freedom Trail Commission</a> at our Heritage Gathering at the Michigan Library and Historical Center on Saturday, September 30<sup>th</sup>!
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<span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#3C3C3C">Explore Michigan's Underground Railroad history on September 30<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#4E4E4E">The Michigan Freedom Trail Commission's sixth annual Underground Railroad Heritage Gathering will take place at the Michigan History Center in Lansing on September 30 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Registration is $12
 to cover a boxed lunch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#4E4E4E">To commemorate Underground Railroad Month in Michigan, the 2023 conference theme is “Representations of the Underground Railroad.” Speakers from around Michigan and the U.S. will speak about the Underground Railroad
 in fiction, film, plays, games, myths and other aspects of popular culture and the ways that it can be misinterpreted or misrepresented. Topics include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In the Upper Country</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: Discussion with the Author.</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.0pt"> Author
 Kai Thomas speaks about his book <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In the Upper Country</span></em>, a novel following the journey of a freedom seeker traveling on the Underground Railroad to Michigan. In the interview, Thomas discusses the
 research behind the story.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#4E4E4E;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<strong><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Revising the Underground Railroad Narrative.</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.0pt"> For much of the long history of the Underground Railroad, the popular understanding has been
 that it was an extremely well-organized and thoroughly routinized system that eschewed violence and largely involved white operatives helping freedom seekers. This session will show the improvisational nature of the network and how operatives used violence
 and cooperated in interracial groups.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#4E4E4E;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<strong><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Civil War Union Troops & Freedom Seekers: A Complicated Relationship.</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.0pt"> The Hillsdale-based 18th Michigan Infantry Regiment deployment to the
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Born Free & Equal: Michigan’s Colored Regiment.</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.0pt"> Following the Emancipation Proclamation, the U.S. military formed the United States Colored
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Historian’s Dilemma: Writing & Teaching the History of the UGRR.</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.0pt"> Broad and creative representations of the UGRR, freedom seekers and abolitionists
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 examples of challenges and opportunities. Attendees are invited to bring their own examples of instances when creative representations and historical documentation collide.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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