The Underground Railroad: An Abolitionist Movement - Eleutherian College

[@DgtlOutcst]

I love the content directly relating to guns on this channel but the videos about historical events or places are fantastic. They may not get the most views but they are one of those things that make it difficult for me to describe what kind of channel InrangeTV is, in a good way. You guys have a lot of great and unique content.

[@HaloFTW55]

This kinda does have to do with guns. John Brown and his “Bibles” is the best example. And remember Brown’s philosophy... You’ve gotta “thump the Bible” at Pro-Slavery folks to make a point that people are people and not merchandise.

[@DrEisenhower]

That smile Karl has while presenting the graffiti he found just shows not only how fascinating the lasting evidence these places still hold, but just how magical it can feel to observe it for oneself. Can't wait for part 3.

[@h2odragon1]

There are two houses down the block from my house in southern Illinois. They were built in the 1850's, and are joined by a tunnel used for the Underground Railroad!

[@EoM_IoM]

This is the history we need to remember and respect. We can't move forward if we don't know where we came from. Thanks for the video Karl.

[@dfwai7589]

It really is. Every time slavery is brought up in my history class it's really glossed over

[@glynwelshkarelian3489]

The BBC used to do historical documentaries like this. Balanced in a way that only the extremely, and specifically, prejudiced could complain about the content. Thank you.

[@wierdalien1]

yeah that the BBCs power. it doesn't have to make things people like because you all pay for it anyway.

[@shannsimms9072]

I love your historical videos. I think it’s incredible how the community was behind this or at least not against it to the point of turning them in. I’ve never heard of this place and I’m happy you’ve taught me about it. I love to learn about good people doing the right thing when everyone else is doing the wrong thing.

[@NotShiggy]

As a non-american I really love these videos giving us an insight into the nations history.

[@51WCDodge]

In Ireland , no Catholiic was allowed to own a horse valued above £5, any Prototestant could purchase any horse off a Catholic for £5. Appears any group will find any reason to isolate another group. I was brought up somewhere that was Occupied in WW2 by the German's, and it was British. The poeople who influenced me,teachers , parents, friends parents, all experienced that. They all taught me two things Think for yourself and freedom is worth fighting ofr.

[@51WCDodge]

Seems toi have struck a chord with people.

[@kenhelmers2603]

Very cool! I really like these historical segments. Thanks Karl!

[@joshkarpoff3341]

Great video! The intellectual depth and breadth of the content of this channel continues to set a very high bar.

[@jameshealy4594]

As an Aussie who knows more US history than most "foreigners", I find the idea that this video would get demonetised (not that you accept it, but if you did) to be extremely troubling. Whether or not you agree with the current state of US firearms laws - and to be straight about it, I don't know quite where I stand on that - they are absolutely a part of your history, including things that both "sides" may find uncomfortable for varying reasons. How many times does someone have to say "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it".

[@dfwai7589]

It's truly a complex topic. Honestly we probably wouldn't have a vast majority of the problems we do today if the second amendment was actually used for it's intended purpose, you know forming well regulated militias

[@cawpin]

InRange demonetized themselves, it wasn't KZbin.

[@jameshealy4594]

I am quite aware they demonetised themselves, I am one of their early patrons and will continue as long as they keep producing great content. I thought "Not that you accept it, but if you did" made it pretty damn obvious I understood the situation. I don't know where I stand because I'm not an American, I'm not invested, I don't have the same cultural background and understanding as you guys so I generally refrain from expressing opinions about the laws other countries write and live by. If you're struggling to understand why that might be desirable, it's probably because you've jumped to another conclusion.

[@ALegitimateYoutuber]

Again i really love these historical videos, and hope you never stop making them. Because Karl you do a great job at these and wish you could make them more often.

[@Chayonray]

Outstanding content and example of the power of civil disobedience when exercised as a community. Very interesting that not a single person was prosecuted. The thought provoking question at the end is worthy of consideration by all. Very well done Karl and Sarah!

[@kfeltenberger]

Videos like this are why I'm happy to support InRange via Patreon. Keep up the good work!

[@turbografx16]

7 dislikes, wtf. Great content Karl, had no idea about the Eleutherians. Thanks for showing once again that disobedience/defiance is sometimes both necessary and proper.

[@simonfreer9076]

As I stated. 20 when I watched it.

[@josestate3918]

now at 35. (smh)

[@chasecross6063]

'Gotta wonder why somebody hates freedom so much.

[@taylorkessen8772]

Please keep making content like this. I think that these videos are some of your best.

[@tostimofo]

Great content as always! I know they don't rake in the views as much as some of the gun content does, but I appreciate these history vids and things like the Old West Vignettes a lot.

[@pilgrimm23]

As usual Karl. You Rock! Good Subject, well presented, good video quality, and well well researched. I turn to you and Ian for real history. My Compliments.

[@philipthompson5354]

Great choice of Historical topics, Karl.

[@Yin_yue_]

This is just a sliver of the kind of stuff that makes me proud to support Inrange. Thanks a bunch, and I'm looking forward to more.

[@omd-1064]

great video... really shows how far the world has come, and how far we still have to go. I'm glad you guys don't confide to one particular political side of the fence, and depict history in a more ambiguous tone. The rights to firearms, like any other right, should certainly not be exclusive to certain demographics. guns aren't so much of a hot topic where i'm from (Canada) but I believe the right to bear arms and protect oneself is among the highest priority in terms of civil rights, because what use is freedom of speech if you can't say it without being able to fight back from people who want to kill you for it? its a shame that the colour of an individual's skin or the uniform they wear can spark so much hatred anyway, great video guys, ill be taking a hard look at your patreon

[@gnarshread]

It really is fun to see In Range branching out. Please keep going with this. I just learned something about my own state I had no idea about.

[@harryb7912]

Some of my favorite episodes are these historical ones. Keep it up guys

[@paulcrusse7800]

Thanks brother for the truth in history. I'm glad there are guys like you that know there are right and wrong and there is very little in between. I Have been educated on many things.keep up the good work.

[@MrPeteJahn]

This series finally got me to pull the trigger on a Patreon subscription. Good work. Keep it up.

[@anameofsomesort959]

Great video Karl! Always great to see some history especially positive and difficult history about the Hoosier state!

[@derekp2674]

Hi Karl and Sarah, thanks very much for producing this educational and informative video. I really enjoy all of your historic vignettes.

[@peperuiz9264]

So nice to see you guys covering topics like these.

[@mikeblair2594]

Thanx Carl, these historical/educational videos are a good spice to the meat that are your firearms videos. Keep em up.

[@todroach3738]

Karl, another well-done episode. I enjoyed, and as with the first episode, I will share with my students. Keep it up. Oh, yeah, Thanks!

[@drmaudio]

Looking forward to part three. You do a nice job of bringing these things to life.

[@mageyeah7763]

There’s a community in California that’s ignoring the drug war, openly allowing even “hard” drugs. It’s pretty much completely ignored by law enforcement. As such, they handle security at a community level on their own.

[@mpetersen6]

I have long wondered at the mental gymnastics that allowed supposedly devout Christian people to justify slavery.

[@bigbud6842]

These historical vignettes need so many more views.

[@johnfloyd8199]

An interesting historical anecdote. I once read that the women in the photograph at 2:36 actually had contact with one another late in their lives. The white woman wanting to reach out in apology for her actions in the famous photo. It was said that her apology was accepted and these two women got along amicably, speaking of the change in the duration of their lives.

[@seraphim2525]

Always question things, and know your history&your rights...thank you for the video Karl, and for the question at the end👍🏾

[@Dreju78]

Well, that was kinda heartwarming in this story :) And I learn stuff from this channel I never expected to learn so thank you! Here in PL we're of course aware of the history and slave states vs. free states but the fugitive slave act was news to me. And it's good to know that this was not just accepted by everyone and people were fighting it. And this kind of content goes very nicely agains the stereotype of "gun wielding, white hicks. probably racist anyway" so good on ya! Lookin' forward to part 3

[@Indykid88]

Very cool! I was born and raised in Indiana and didn’t know about this landmark. Thanks for bringing this content!

[@benosick9927]

I really love those old limestone brick buildings. You find them here and there across the Midwest, and they just have such an amazing sense of history about them.

[@terrygrossmann2295]

Ironically there was an article in the paper today of an Underground Railroad spot in Tippecanoe County Indiana. There were several homes in Lafayette Indiana used as Underground Railroad stop as well. Well done segment.

[@banddude121]

Love these sort of videos. Really enjoy the way you present these topics

[@robashton8606]

Props for covering this stuff, guys. Fascinating as always.

[@tempestbloke]

An absolutely great video. Wonderful message, great historical narrative. Every schoolchild should be taught about this in detail.

[@eviltwinzak]

This playlist is BRILLIANT!

[@andrewjersey3633]

Lovely video. Love historical stuff like this. You guys always have great stuff.

[@chasecross6063]

Fascinating history -- I did not know that townships were so successful in flouting the Fugitive Slave Act. Thanks for this excellent vignette!

[@chriscallas139]

Me and my kids love this series. keep up the good work!

[@zacharyreichert5035]

This stuff gets to the moral core of the very concept of rights, particularly gun rights. At the bottom, the only rights you have are the ones you can physically defend.

[@con6lex]

A related issue for today and our community is online privacy. I am not fully up to speed on the issue. I learned of a company that make privacy tools for photos, browsing, text & messaging. I can see how these would be used by marginalized groups, but also by criminals & predators. A difficult issue indeed.

[@ablemagawitch]

For those that need the Part 3 link, since it was not in the title kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4KlY2RverKifqc "The Underground Railroad - Hiding in Plain Sight"

[@RaoulKunz1]

I really love your excursions into US history (also love the Old West Vignettes) - it's all a bit "fresher" and more "recent" than what I'm used too from my history studies (in Europe you simply have to take the longue durée approach to actually understand the underlying factors that sometimes go back millennia...). And it's really interesting to get your very even handed approach, especially in a political climate that tends to oversimplify for the sake of effect (the History Channel springs to mind here, or Germany's Prof. Guido Knopp who essentially does "Hitler's *insert topic here*" over and over ad nauseam...). Great treatment, interesting topic, great channel to begin with.. so what's not to like? ;) Best regards Raoul G. Kunz

[@mrtlsimon]

I am really enjoying this series because I'm learning a lot. Sadly many states are still attempting to take away our civil rights. The anti- gun movement, with the attack upon the 2nd Amendment, is the popular in many states but they are also assaulting the other amendments too. The fight for the civil rights of all people never stops. Good work. Get educated about your local, state and national political scene, participate in the political process by going to meetings , writing, calling, emailing and holding elected officials accountable.

[@XFourty7]

Thanks Karl, can't wait for part 3!

[@russeljohn3471]

Another excellent video. Thank you for your hard work and commitment.

[@theseukonnen1200]

Between the quality of the content and your presentation style here, this belongs on PBS.

[@DejectedCat]

First step of combating evil is to be more cunning than them.

[@FriendlyShinobi]

Excellent content as always, thank you. I think more people need to know this sort of history.

[@knutdergroe9757]

Good Job Karl ! And yes, Personal rights(responsibilities), personal freedoms and the lose of.... Have every thing to do with firearms. What can happen to one of us, Can happen to any of us. And that is why it is so important, to learn about history. What has been done to blacks, asians, native Americans. By our government could be done again. Learn history, or repeat history.

[@51WCDodge]

Thanks for highliting Responosobility. Yes you have your rights, but so do others.

[@knutdergroe9757]

@@51WCDodge My ideal is, They are not rights, They are responsibilities..... What you do with a firearm, WILL EFFECT ME. When you carry.... You are responsible to me and everyone else. For what you do, and how you conduct yourself WILL EFFECT ME. How many forget or never realize this.... And this goes to all rights/responsibilities. My father would say, "To be a man you have to be responsible, You take responsibility for what you do and don't do, That is what a man does."

[@TheMk1997]

Loving this series. The city choosing not to enforce the fugitive slave act sounds similar to how sanctuary cities work today.

[@xtangero]

I had never heard of this before. Thank you for sharing, Karl

[@Doinkus98]

Another great video, thank you both.

[@laughingsaladfarm]

Well done. Absolutely necessary our history, good or bad, be remembered.

[@StrangerOman]

I think the most valuable lesson from this has to be the point, that education is the tool that refine human as a social being.

[@wacojones8062]

4 Family members answered the Lexington Alarm it is suspected several others were involved in the underground railway operations in eastern states. I personally have been in a building dating to well before the Civil war with hidden passages in the house leading to 2 to 3 foot high tween floor hiding places. The building was burned down after the old lady who resided there died possibly by a real estate agent after looting the place bare. Several carriages were lost all very old high-end types. Fire was in the spring 1962 as best that I can figure at 70 years old now. I saw a man go into the house with a gas can as my dad drove me back to school after lunch that day. Town was Libertyville Illinois.

[@PatriotGuy23]

As I understand it, many states in the north responded to the fugitive slave act by passing their own personal liberty laws designed to frustrate or subvert the act. Perhaps those laws played a positive role in the college's success.

[@DagaYute]

Great Video - I just doubled my patreon pledge for more content like this!

[@chadington6029]

Great video! I also find it interesting that a Baptist was at the heart of this defiance considering the Baptist sect is often associated with the South. In my thoughts, gun control in the United States historically has often had racist and anti-poor/middle class (NFA) motivations behind it.

[@Art790631]

Really appreciated. I wish people remembered the unity of the US and not us against them.

[@Quiccc]

Anyone else notice that the sign has been broken off once and has been welded back together?

[@Observer31]

Another great, touching one - well done Karl, Bravo!

[@Felenari]

Really good watch this time. Loving the red oktober drills but this content makes for a very nice historical side dish to main course watching gun jesus huff and puff.

[@Idelacio]

I like the American history portions of InRange, that's why I'm here. :D With regard to personal liberty and gun rights, it seems to me as a someone outside the system looking in that gun restriction laws seems to begin with denying the black minority their gun rights, notably the early Black Panther movement being cited as a concern, and evolving from that into what is called for today. Not sure if that's an entirely fair assessment but they do seem to be linked.

[@DarkSteel361]

Thanks for sharing! I never knew about this prior to the video

[@davispeterson1876]

In regards to the relation between firearms and race, it's worth noting that most of the gun control legislation that's been passed since at least the 1950s has (often deliberately) disproportionately affected Black communities. For instance, open carry used to be legal across pretty much the entire country, until Reagan (back when he was still in California) decided he didn't like the Panthers doing it, and kicked off a whole wave of bills banning open carry.

[@Doughboy1941]

Looking forward to part 3!

[@HunterT513]

Please link to part 1 in the description

[@zloychechen5150]

When awesome people make content, it doesn't matter what kind of content it is.

[@dylanmccallister1888]

I wish i learned about this in school when we went over figures like John Brown.

[@TLS2SN]

It would be nice if you all spoke about Lysander Spooner, a staunch abolitionist and voluntaryist who lived around that point in time.

[@ulysisxtr]

Is there a playlist of these videos? If not, plz do

[@michaciozda7463]

Thank you guys! Great video, those who do not know history's mistakes are doomed to repeat them, I'm glad to be a part of this great community. Keep on putting forward great content friends. I wish I could support you on patreon. One day I'm sure I will.

[@jwplayingsomegames6687]

Great Episode Karl. Love it!

[@catachandevilfang]

You’re a real patriot, Karl-this is fantastic stuff!

[@garandman8114]

Too bad you had to include the 'disclaimer' at the begining of the notes. What's graphic or verbotten discussion? Can't folk not hear about history? SMH in disbelief.

[@exohead1]

This was fascinating. Where is this at, for those of us who would like to go see it?

[@matts4281]

exohead1 Lancaster, Indiana is the site of this video. It’s a super small town in south-central Indiana. Just north of Madison, Indiana, which is where the first Underground Railroad segment was filmed. It’s a very beautiful and historical area.

[@garydell9004]

Love this...its a pity that youtube are being douchnozzles about monetising content

[@brianfuller5868]

The 1850 Fugitive Slave Act forced the issue with many Northeners, even when many were ambivalent about abolition. It effectively attemped to force various local jurisdictions and citizens to return slaves attempting to flee bondage. Many Federal Marshals quit over the act and many local jurisdictions simply ignored it. The Act became virtually un-enforceable and was dismissed in 1860.

[@jasoncarskadon6809]

It doesn't matter if your not talking about firearms, this is history, and it all has a part in the right to have a firearm and personal freedoms that alot of people take for granted in today's world.

[@Aaron.Reichert]

I visited John Brown's cave, and it was definitely interesting and uncomfortable. If you have something local-ish to you it's worth visiting.

[@CarcharothQuijadasdelased]

Great history lesson, thanks.

[@Paragoth]

Hey y'all, I just really wanted to say thanks for not shying away from the absolute barbarism of slavery. The fact that this country was able to accrue so much wealth, which could then be turned around and made into productive forces, is something which we cannot ignore. This nation was built on the backs of slaves and on the graves of countless Native peoples. So, when we look around the world and see abject poverty and the remnants of colonization and its kleptocratic effects, we should always be humble about where our wealth and power came from. Because it didn't come from somewhere good.

[@TheMk1997]

Amen

[@matts4281]

Great content, as always.

[@treyh007]

Another very cool history lesson! Thanks Karl!

[@Morningstar_Actual]

I love this sort of content!

[@petesheppard1709]

Sharing! Great information. Thank you.

[@asstopolous]

Good work on these

[@mtodd4723]

Good one ! Thank you for sharing .

[@Thomas-wn7cl]

What were John Brown, his sons, and many free and escaped slaves trying to do? They attacked an arsenal in Virginia to supply arms to enslaved Americans. Why were slaves not allowed to bear arms or form militias? If they were allowed, they would not be slaves for long. Some might believe that an amendment in the Constitution that bans involuntary servitude, ie slavery, should be enough to safeguard freedom today. What would you rather rely on to safeguard your freedom: a piece of paper or a firearm?

[@dbmail545]

I always thought Canada was even more lily white than the US until I started watching "Letterkenny". A lot more POC's than I expected to see and more First Nations people than you see down here.

[@logoseven3365]

Look up The Rescue of Anthony Hollingsworth Indiana PA It’s when the town still had a backbone