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Subject: [Leica] THe Bay 101 - The Underground Railroad
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Sat Mar 25 09:19:02 2006
References: <D91E41DE73300E4191E031B18D09FA88E7974B@mtv-amer002e--3.americas.sgi.com> <004301c65023$39ab1a70$0200a8c0@D1WTYD41>

You have a book cover there, Bernard. It's the flock of pelicans (I  
guess) that does it IMO.
Thanks for showing,
Philippe


> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernard Quinn" <bquinn@sgi.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Cc: <bjq1@mac.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 8:49 AM
> Subject: [Leica] THe Bay 101 - The Underground Railroad
>
>
>
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> The Underground Railroad, as I am sure you remember, was not a  
> railroad
> at all. It was a network of people and roads who helped slaves escape
> from captivity in the south to freedom in the north. It ran through  
> the
> Eastern Shore of Maryland near the Blackwater River and though the  
> Great
> Briar Swamp. Harriet Tubman was a black woman and an abolitionist who
> helped free over three hundred slaves during the Civil War. Her  
> house is
> located on the edge of the Great Briar Swamp.
>
>
> This is a picture of the terrain the slaves would have crossed, and it
> is an image of what they would have seen as they journeyed through the
> swamps and marshes through Maryland moving toward freedom in
> Philadelphia and Delaware. I can't say that this is one of the  
> roads on
> which they traveled because I simply don't know. So let's just call  
> this
> photo my tribute to the people who traveled to freedom along the
> Underground Railroad and to the individuals who helped them.
>
> You can't show what this journey must have been like in a  
> photograph. As
> always, comments and criticisms are welcome/
>
>
> http://www.leica-gallery.net/barney/image-92310.html
>
>
>
> Barney
>
>
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