May Sweeps: Geneseo's Underground Railroad

Local 4's Emily Scarlett explores an actual hiding hole for runaway slaves while discovering the unique ties to the Underground Railroad in Geneseo, Illinois.

[@Lorna8264]

I am a black person and I am glad to see these people get their recognition

[@irishtino1595]

This is so cool. There is a great college in Geneseo NY where I attended a long time ago. I never realized the connection between the two towns. They discovered a tunnel running from the Genesee River up to Geneseo NY in 2018, that they think was part of the Underground Railroad too.

[@dorcelydadlin5359]

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[@IMLovelydove23]

Amazing. And very informative. Thanks for sharing this. 🌟🌻❤

[@happyjubilee4021]

Thank you for this important information 🙏🏾💗

[@yetyet7484]

He said it ! We are still living in the consequences and the judicial system is the new Jim Crow!

[@jomiddleton5666]

Burlington wis my home town has a under ground rail road. My family help the people

[@annetteparham4118]

2:36 Still living with the consequences of that history. Thank you Dr. Pitz for making that statement. Too many people in this country will not accept that basic truth.

[@eleanorsmith9706]

Have to thank the white people who helped our ancestors.

[@ckd0680]

God bless their souls!

[@cymet6931]

that was very cool thank you so much

[@Logan-dc1fv]

Angie snook is my friends grandma

[@619erdog4]

Their were more than one railroad it was multiple lines of freedom trails.

[@soniapertor6211]

Yes

[@lekholokoelekotsoanamoloi9593]

Did he say the justice system is the new form of Jim Crow ?

[@KarenLeos91]

The man did not lie

[@immasoxfanbaby]

Tub man was bounty hunter

[@LuisMurillo-yz3dw]

Where’s the 20 dollar bill?🤣

[@MrOverdogg]

TRUMP KILLED IT

[@musicartlover963]

@@MrOverdogg RIGHT

[@bacoon8186]

Wow

[@yogipatel2433]

How far can u gp

[@mikaeljordin7182]

I’ve seen the railroad

[@habibi-ht2dm]

Its jordan not jorden

[@sevenft3]

Impossible

[@pattistitt1903]

Slave hunters would TORTURE any one helping slaves. To bad no one cares.

[@dilbernur2910]

Dankeshhon

[@minorityeconomicdevelopmen2281]

TRUMP, trump out the twenty-dollar bill.

[@rolandleblanc9198]

NO ONE CARE

[@majcorbin]

if i was alive in 1850's? would I allow a runaway slave into my home? ONLY if Aunt Jeremiah made me pancakes

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

Will you clean my hose, and cook all of my food?

[@AndreOutlaw]

Seeing that the original person that portrayed Aunt Jemima was a former slave, she could have very well had cooked your pancakes.

[@meyokkob458]

Cook your own damn pancakes

[@yasmine9378]

Aunt Jeremiah wasn’t a real person just like how pancakes weren’t a think during that time. Dumbass. I’m willing to bet you think the man on the Quaker oatmeal packaging is real too.

[@sevenft3]

This is a fictional story..completely false

[@sevenft3]

@Brown Sugar & Spice ..and your reason is?

[@lehmanfamily3174]

Bro I live there and it’s completely true. I’ve actually been in the museum.

[@sevenft3]

@@lehmanfamily3174 using just common sense alone, imagine thousands of people..young, old, pregnant..crawling through spaces that can barely fit two people, no ventilation and other extreme conditions..I’m just saying,Make it make sense 🤷‍♂️

[@annarodriguez9868]

@@sevenft3Get your facts. Read the book Left to Tell. It's by a survivor of the massacres in Rwanda. She tells how she escaped and was given a hiding place along with a group of young women. That space was about 4 feet by 3 feet and they could only stand during the time they had to be hidden. Read about the places Jews had to hide when they were in nazi Germany and I'm sure it wasn't exactly the Ritz-Carlton.

[@sevenft3]

@@annarodriguez9868 key word “Rwanda”…you can’t debate the truth 😉