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Am I right? -T ish a Jones; Atlanta Children are encouraged to experience the Underground Railroad firsthand through interactive exhibits and materials. 1 Freedom center connects past with present (AP) — The modem, curved design o f the stone and copper building on the “freedom side” of the Ohio River sits in stark contrast to a rough-hewn structure inside - a small pen built by a slave trader in 1833. The 20-by-30-foot pen is the starkest display in the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati. Ohio, a $110 million project opened last week in memory o f the harrowing trips north by countless slaves. “It's a place where w e’re getting people to understand the past and connect it to the present in an ac tive way," the m useum’s executive director, Spencer Crew, said. The museum takes a forward look at race relations while focusing on ti history o f slavery in the United States and the secret network that I Dear Tisha: Underground Railroad Museum Opens in Ohio helped slaves escape north to free dom in the 1800s. “What the Freedom Center can d o is p ro v id e a c o n te x t fo r America’s current social di lemma,” said Nathaniel Jones, a former civil rights lawyer and retired federal judge. “From generation to generation, there is this disconnect; they do not understand the nexus between slavery, what it did as an institution ... and how that condition created the conditions we have today. Sla very reformed and distorted our institutions... (which) reflected the stereotypes and perceptions that guide people’s thinking.” The slave pen, much like a small house made of rough-hewn logs, was found on a farm near Maysville, Ky. Preservationists spent six years researching its history, verifying that its builder was a slave trader, then carefully disassembling it and marking each piece for identifica- tion. It is the featured exhibit in the 158,000-square-foot museum. Other (S) ex h ib its include contem porary quilts, some 20 feet tall, and murals depicting the slave trade; photos and tributes to 19th century aboli tionists; and a timeline of events starting with the introduction of African slaves to the Virginia colony in 1619. dom, illustrate people who have made important steps in that di rection and also just give us the history o f the United States on these issues.” There is a replica o f a wagon with a false bottom that was used to hide fleeing slaves. And a 2- by-3-foot wooden crate like the one that Henry “Box” Brown They do not understand the nexus used, with the help o f an accom plice, to have himself shipped from between slavery, what Richmond to Philadelphia and it did as an institution freedom. Displays in the “Pavilion of ... and how that Perseverance” include the story of a female slave who escaped to condition created the Ohio by crossing the partly fro conditions we have zen Ohio River with her baby, today. -NathanielJones inspiring Harriet Beecher Stowe - a preacher’s daughter who lived “We did a national competition in Cincinnati - to write “Uncle to have artists offer us their ideas T om ’sC abin.” on the art they'd like to have in the A lthough the U nderground Freedom Center, and then we had a Railroad had numerous lines - jury make a selection," Crew said. “I possibly 500 routes in Ohio alone think w e've been very fortunate to - Cincinnati was considered a get some very powerful and won gateway to the north, museum derful pieces that talk about free officials said. Giving our best Visit Safeway's Web site at www.safeway.com You set yourself up for this di lemma by making the mistake of shacking. 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