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The Minnesota Digital Library recently added a set of oral history interviews with descendants of abolitionists who lived in Minnesota prior to the Civil War. They were shared by a new contributing organization called Project Get Outdoors.
The Minnesota Digital Library (MDL) is pleased to announce a new contributing organization: Project Get Outdoors (Project GO). Project GO was founded in 2005 as a response to Richard Louv's book, "Last Child in the Woods; Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder." This 501c3 organization, located in Wabasha, Minnesota, works to facilitate outdoor experiences for youth in the area.
In 2024, Project GO began working on a project to interview descendants of abolitionists who lived in Minnesota prior to the Civil War. Many of them were associated with the Underground Railroad. The long-term goal of this project is to work with local county historical societies and cemetery associations to create a Freedom Trail highlighting the stories of these early civil rights activists and their final resting places.
In the meantime, you can listen to the 12 oral histories they conducted, which have been added to MDLā€™s digital collections.
