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<title>150 years after Emancipation, a new song of freedom </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 10, 2013) Today and tomorrow in the Adirondacks, activists and artists will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.That document, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, freed more than three million enslaved human beings.Lincoln&apos;s action during the Civil War followed decades of sacrifice by slaves, free blacks and whites who formed the abolitionist movement.One of the most powerful symbols of that movement was Timbuctoo, the colony of freed slaves near Lake Placid.This weekend, that history is being celebrated in a performance of traditional music from the 1800s and also in a brand new oratorio commissioned by the group John Brown Lives. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21961/20130510/150-years-after-emancipation-a-new-song-of-freedom">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Today and tomorrow in the Adirondacks, activists and artists will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.That document, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, freed more than three million enslaved human beings.Lincoln&apos;s action during the Civil War followed decades of sacrifice by slaves, free blacks and whites who formed the abolitionist movement.One of the most powerful symbols of that movement was Timbuctoo, the colony of freed slaves near Lake Placid.This weekend, that history is being celebrated in a performance of traditional music from the 1800s and also in a brand new oratorio commissioned by the group John Brown Lives. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21961/20130510/150-years-after-emancipation-a-new-song-of-freedom">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>07:20</itunes:duration>
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<title>A modern abolitionist remembers a famous ancestor</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 2, 2012) Frederick Douglass&apos; great-great-great grandson will be the keynote speaker at the annual John Brown Day celebration this Saturday at the historic John Brown Farm in Lake Placid. Ken Morris will talk about the friendship and legacy of Douglass and fellow abolitionist John Brown. The two first met in Massachusetts in 1848, a decade after Douglass escaped from slavery on a Maryland plantation.  Ken Morris is founder and president  of the Frederick Douglas Family Foundation, a service learning organization that works to create a modern abolitionist movement in schools across the country.  Morris is also the great-great grandson of Booker T. Washington. Before dedicating his career to social issues, Morris managed a successful marketing and entertainment firm. But he told Todd Moe that he spent his teen years, &quot;decisively disengaged from his family lineage.&quot; [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19766/20120502/a-modern-abolitionist-remembers-a-famous-ancestor">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Todd Moe</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frederick Douglass&apos; great-great-great grandson will be the keynote speaker at the annual John Brown Day celebration this Saturday at the historic John Brown Farm in Lake Placid. Ken Morris will talk about the friendship and legacy of Douglass and fellow abolitionist John Brown. The two first met in Massachusetts in 1848, a decade after Douglass escaped from slavery on a Maryland plantation.  Ken Morris is founder and president  of the Frederick Douglas Family Foundation, a service learning organization that works to create a modern abolitionist movement in schools across the country.  Morris is also the great-great grandson of Booker T. Washington. Before dedicating his career to social issues, Morris managed a successful marketing and entertainment firm. But he told Todd Moe that he spent his teen years, &quot;decisively disengaged from his family lineage.&quot; [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19766/20120502/a-modern-abolitionist-remembers-a-famous-ancestor">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>10:47</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, frederick douglass, john brown, abolition, slavery, history, lake placid, [loc:44.2794911 -73.9798713], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Remembering an Underground Railroad icon</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19716/20120424/remembering-an-underground-railroad-icon</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 24, 2012) Todd Moe talks with Syracuse University historian Milton Sernett, an expert on African American history. He’ll give two talks in Canton on Thursday on Harriet Tubman, and the Underground Railroad in northern New York. Todd talks with him about how Tubman became the dominant symbol of the Underground Railroad  and is still an inspiration today for many Americans. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19716/20120424/remembering-an-underground-railroad-icon">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Todd Moe</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Todd Moe talks with Syracuse University historian Milton Sernett, an expert on African American history. He’ll give two talks in Canton on Thursday on Harriet Tubman, and the Underground Railroad in northern New York. Todd talks with him about how Tubman became the dominant symbol of the Underground Railroad  and is still an inspiration today for many Americans. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19716/20120424/remembering-an-underground-railroad-icon">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>11:29</itunes:duration>
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<title>Exploring New York&apos;s slave legacy, past and present</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16773/20101203/exploring-new-york-apos-s-slave-legacy-past-and-present</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 3, 2010) This morning in Lake Placid, teachers and historians and activists begin a two-day conference to talk about slavery.  New Yorkers played a big role in the slave trade in the 18th and 19th centuries, financing and profiting from an industry that ruined the lives of more than 12 million Africans.  Slave-owning wasn’t banned in this state until 1827.  Modern-day activists say human trafficking and exploitation is once again on the rise. Martha Swan is with a group called John Brown Lives.  She told Brian Mann that this conference, which is open to the public, will explore the history and present-day reality of slavery. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16773/20101203/exploring-new-york-apos-s-slave-legacy-past-and-present">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This morning in Lake Placid, teachers and historians and activists begin a two-day conference to talk about slavery.  New Yorkers played a big role in the slave trade in the 18th and 19th centuries, financing and profiting from an industry that ruined the lives of more than 12 million Africans.  Slave-owning wasn’t banned in this state until 1827.  Modern-day activists say human trafficking and exploitation is once again on the rise. Martha Swan is with a group called John Brown Lives.  She told Brian Mann that this conference, which is open to the public, will explore the history and present-day reality of slavery. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16773/20101203/exploring-new-york-apos-s-slave-legacy-past-and-present">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>03:27</itunes:duration>
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