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In celebration of Black History Month, the Historic Odessa Foundation invites the public to explore the local history of the Underground Railroad in Delaware through free tours of the foundation's Freedom Seekers: The Odessa Story.

Nationally recognized as part of the United States National Park Service Network to Freedom and as a stop on the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway Delaware, HOF’s “Freedom Seekers: The Odessa Story” exhibit allows visitors to follow in the footsteps of Sam, a fugitive slave who is given refuge in Odessa after escaping from enslavement in nearby Maryland.

Tours of Historic Odessa’s National Park Service Network to Freedom exhibit and Corbit-Sharp House, a National Historic Landmark and National Park Service Network to Freedom site will be free of charge today, February 1, and Wednesday, Feb. 8, and Feb. 22, from 12 to 3 p.m.

On Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 4:30 p.m., Historic Odessa, in partnership with the Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library, will present “Escape to Freedom: The Odessa Story.” This event, for students in grades three through twelve, will present readings of narratives describing the harrowing stories of enslaved people trying to make their way north to freedom. Students will then be escorted to the Corbit-Sharp House where they will follow in the footsteps of Sam, a fugitive slave who is given refuge in Odessa while being hunted by a posse of slave catchers coming from nearby Middletown and the Maryland plantation from which he escaped.

For more information visit, www.historicodessa.org/news/freedom-seekers-odessa-story-0

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