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7. I have a Quaker ancestor, Benjamin Lundy, who published antislavery tracts

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 08:54 PM

Feb 2012

and newspapers in the early 1800s. My paternal grandmother was a Lundy, and Benjamin would have been an uncle of hers.

http://www2.gol.com/users/quakers/Benjamin_Lundy.htm

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I am watching a show on PBS about the Underground Railroad... [View all] WCGreen Feb 2012 OP

I was watching that last night I think. Very good. ejpoeta Feb 2012 #1

A great grand-uncle worked on the underground railroad. yella_dawg Feb 2012 #3

Maybe your great grand-uncle knew my great grand-uncle. Blue_In_AK Feb 2012 #9

I wonder too how I would have reacted, what I would have done then... CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2012 #4

Excellent show. snacker Feb 2012 #5

That was my thinking.... WCGreen Feb 2012 #8

PBS always has some great suff. n/t Little Star Feb 2012 #6

Republican Party of that period is not the same party of today. matmar Feb 2012 #10

HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Feb 2012 #11