Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >