Who is the Underground Railroad Conductor?
Tom Calarco
Tom is currently collaborating with Don Papson on a book about Sidney Howard Gay and Louis Napoleon and their involvement in the Underground Railroad. He welcomes your comments and suggestions.
His books about the UGRR, described on this site, are:
The Underground Railroad in the Adirondack Region
The Underground Railroad Conductor
People of the Underground Railroad
Places of the Underground Railroad
He also can bring the story of the Underground Railroad to you.
Call him at 518-573-7163 or email him at tomcalwriter@yahoo.com
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He will show you maps of the secret routes of the Underground Railroad
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He will tell you some of the Underground Railroad's most fascinating stories
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He can help you learn about Underground Railroad stations in your hometown
Henry "Box" Brown, at last, being helped out of the box
Tom has spoken at Cincinnati State College, N. Kentucky University, SUNY Albany, College of St. Rose, Cape Cod Community College, North Country Community College, Fulton-Montgomery Community College, and for the Queens College, NY, Upward Bound Program. His lectures are presented with a PowerPoint show and some topics include:
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The questions about the work of Wilbur Siebert and the impact of revisionist historian Larry Gara
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Thoroughfares, Terminals, and Conductors on the Underground Railroad
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Slave Rescuers: men & women who dared to go south to bring slaves to freedom
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Henry "Box" Brown and his remarkable escape to freedom. This presentation could include a replica of the original box shown below.
To schedule a presentation
Contact him at:
518-573-7163 / tomcalwriter@yahoo.com
To see additional articles about the Underground Railroad written by Tom, go to Suite101.com: http://www.suite101.com/writer_articles.cfm/tomcalwriter