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Docreed2003

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1. Excellent piece...thanks for sharing!

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Fri Feb 24, 2017, 08:37 AM

Feb 2017

My grandfather'a grandfather was a Methodist minister who's house sat, well still does, near the TN/KY border. He converted the cellar into lodging and would house runaway slaves and then escort them into KY where I'm told a Quaker minister would then escort the runaways further north. They communicated with colored lanterns to indicated when it was safe to stop at his home.

I may be Catholic instead of Methodist, but I have no problem reinstating the family tradition, so to speak!

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National Catholic Reporter: Resist, resist, resist the deportation orders [View all] pnwmom Feb 2017 OP

Excellent piece...thanks for sharing! Docreed2003 Feb 2017 #1

Great story! tavernier Feb 2017 #2

Unfortunately, that's about all the details that I know... Docreed2003 Feb 2017 #4

Wow. You must be very proud of your brave ancestor. What an inspiration pnwmom Feb 2017 #3

Very much so, thank you... Docreed2003 Feb 2017 #5

I know what you mean. I have questions I'd like to ask pnwmom Feb 2017 #6