Seeking Freedom in Mexico: The Story of Nacimiento

You are invited to join a discussion of the history, impact, and legacy of the Underground Railroad’s lesser known routes into Mexico. These routes, the people who traveled along them in search of freedom, and the free communities they created in northern Mexico have been the focus of a World Heritage USA Emerging Professionals research project, conducted this past year in cooperation with the National Park Service (NPS) National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Project and funded by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.

During this webinar, Emilia Sánchez González, World Heritage USA Emerging Professional Researcher, presents the results of her research in Mexico. Emilia spent a week in the town of Nacimiento de los Negros, located in Coahuila, one of Mexico's northern states that borers with Texas. While there, Emilia met with community members and descendants of freedom-seekers to hear their stories and collect oral testimonies to shed light on the Underground Railroad's lesser known route into Mexico.

Emilia is joined by Dr. María Esther Hammack, Assistant Professor of African American History at Ohio State University specializing in the Black experience in Mexico and liberation in North America, as well as Corina Torralba, Founder of the Casa de la Cultura Black Seminoles of Nacimiento.

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Welcome Remarks - Douglas Comer, President of World Heritage USA
05:38 Introducing the International Underground Railraod Project - Katelynn Cunningham, Program Coordinator at World Heritage USA
07:34 The History of Seeking Freedom in Mexico - María Esther Hammack
30:17 Stories from Nacimiento - Emilia Sánchez González, World Heritage USA Emerging Professional
46:09 The Legacy of Freedeom Seekers - Corina Torralba, Casa de la Cultura Black Seminoles of Nacimiento
01:01:35 Q&A

Learn more about Nacimiento and the work of the Casa de la Cultura!
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