Events & Appearances

Planned tracing of the footsteps of Oliver C. Gilbert and his 'dash for liberty' using the locations described in his autobiography.

Since its birth by Congressional mandate on July 21, 1998, the National Underground Network to Freedom has grown from a scattershot smattering of recognized sites of UGRR activity into a truly international network of 744 sites, programs, and research facilities. Collectively, this vast network and the researchers behind it have profoundly expanded and transformed our […]

Stephanie Gilbert will share the history of how she came to possess the unpublished memoir of her 2nd great grandfather, who’d escaped slavery at the age of 16 and settled in Philadelphia. The narrative includes step by step detail of Oliver Gilbert’s experience on the Underground Railroad, inclusive of his flight to Pennsylvania and Philadelphia’s […]

Stephanie Gilbert will host a brief memorial ceremony with tributes on Saturday, May 13 at 10am in honor of Alexander Lightfoot Manly

Historic Eden cemetery, American’s first privately held African American burial ground, is located just outside of Philadelphia and is home to the remains of more than 90,000 ancestors. In July 2008, vandals toppled over 200 headstones in the cemetery, including that of Octavius Valentine Catto, one of the most famous burials at Eden Cemetery. History […]