
The 1891 Fredonia Opera Property Performing Arts Middle continues its Historical past Lecture Series on Thursday at 7 p.m., with Underground Chautauqua: A few Liberty Trails, a new documentary that supplies an animated tour of the county map following the networks and people today of the Underground Railroad. This screening will be the film’s premiere and will be followed by a Q&A.
In Underground Chautauqua: A few Freedom Trails, the viewers travels with 4 narrators all around Chautauqua County, discovering 3 path programs. Nicholas Gunner, Saundra Liggins, Jennifer Hildebrand, and Elijah Toro manual the viewer through the late Doug Shepard’s substantial research into the facts and myths about the persons who escaped slavery as a result of Chautauqua’s hills and the plains of Lake Erie.
As they traversed these 3 trail systems, independence seekers possible felt each hope and apprehension. The seize of Harrison Williams in the Southern Tier reminds us how precarious their posture remained.
Simply because regulations that forbade guidance to refugees designed it risky for nearby family members to offer foodstuff, shelter, garments, and transportation, they usually retained their steps a secret, and did what they could to promote the speedy movement of independence seekers.
Chautauqua County has a exclusive assortment of Underground Railroad paperwork. There are newspaper accounts about Harrison Williams’ capture, as properly as principal supply accounts from “conductors” Catherine Harris and Eber Pettit.
The movie also characteristics the records of “agent” Decide Foote, and the file of “conductor” Benjamin Vincent’s “stockholders,” like equally adult men and women of all ages.
The Ellington Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society’s listing of gifts for flexibility seekers reminds us that other Western New York women of all ages also shared in the mission of the Underground Railroad. Church information and petitions to Congress are more evidence of the antislavery sentiment of hundreds of Chautauqua County adult men and females.The documentary operates about 50 minutes, and the production workforce will answer viewers queries afterward. Underground Chautauqua was produced in assistance of the Chautauqua County Anti-Slavery Map, which is online by way of the Office of County Historian Michelle Henry. Viewers really should notice the movie has some gently blinking lights applied as map indicators which could affect photosensitive viewers.
Visual production is by Nicholas Gunner, of Orbitist LLC. Admission is absolutely free, despite the fact that donations to the Opera Household are gratefully acknowledged at the door.
The Opera Household is equipped with assistive listening headsets for the hearing impaired. Accessibility and seating are accessible for the mobility impaired. For devices and obtain preparations, communicate with any usher or workers member or contact in advance of time to the Box Office environment at 716/679-1891. For a total schedule of functions, stop by www.fredopera.org.
Situated in Village Hall in downtown Fredonia, the Opera Residence is a member-supported not-for-gain performing arts center. Its mission is to “present the executing arts for the profit of our local community and area … offering accessibility to inventive range … and substantial quality programming.”








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