I spent 10 days traveling on the underground railroad retracing American Girl Addy Walker’s escape to freedom. My journey started on a plantation in Halifax, North Carolina and ended 340 miles north in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where Addy’s story ends.
Thank you to the College of Arts and Letters and the National Center for the Study of Children's Literature at San Diego State University for supporting my research despite how quirky it is!
Watch Part I: • What the “American Gir...
0:00 How I Organized My Trip
3:06 Raleigh North Carolina
4:53 Historic Halifax North Carolina
10:01 Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
11:28 Washington D.C.
12:48 Alexandria, Virginia
16:01 Odessa, Delaware
17:52 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Locations:
Raleigh, North Carolina
• State Library of North Carolina
• North Carolina Museum of History
Historic Halifax, North Carolina
• Halifax State Historic Site
Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
• Colonial Williamsburg Resorts
Washington D.C.
• National Mall
• National Museum of African American History and Culture
• National Museum of American History
Alexandria, Virginia
• Contrabands and Freedom Cemetery Memorial
Odessa, Delaware
• Corbit-Sharp House
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Belmont Mansion - Underground Railroad Museum
• President's House Site
• The Liberty Bell
• William Still House
• Historic Institute for Colored Youth Building
• Mother Bethel AME Church
Thank you to the musicians who lend out their music via Pixabay!
• “Summer Walk” by Olexy: pixabay.com/music/acoustic-gr...
• “Better Day” by penguinmusic: pixabay.com/music/beats-bette...
• “Love’s Serenade (Valentines Day)” by Top-Flow: pixabay.com/music/modern-clas...
• “Price of Freedom” by Daddy_s_Music: pixabay.com/music/beautiful-p...
• “A Small Miracle” by Romarecord1973: pixabay.com/music/acoustic-gr...
• “Positive Way” by by Romarecord1973: pixabay.com/music/pop-positiv...
• “Piano Blues and Gospel Sisters Choir Humming” by JuluisH: pixabay.com/music/choir-piano...
• “Cathedral” by Music_For_Videos: pixabay.com/music/choir-cathe...
• “ME HIA WO MMOA” by asedavoices: pixabay.com/music/gospel-me-h...
FIND ME AT:
Website: www.lashondaley.com
Instagram: / drdaleyknowskidlit
Business email: drdaleyknowskidlit@gmail.com
FILMING & EDITING:
Camera: Samsung S21
Microphone: Blue Yeti
Editing Software: Filmora and Canva
Music: Pixabay Music
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