Passages to Freedom is an historic reenactment of the Underground Railroad in Southeastern Ohio. Step back in time to 1852 during the stressful period of the Fugitive Slave Law, before the outbreak of the Civil War. Visit with Frederick Douglass delivering his historic Fourth of July speech in the Presbyterian Church in Putnam. Experience the dangers Underground Railroad travelers faced and meet the Railroad conductors, including Nelson T. Gant, who risked everything to help them. The incidents portrayed in this film are based on well-authenticated accounts in the writings of Wilbur Siebert, Thomas Gray, and Robert West Speer. This film brings to life our area’s proud heritage of the Underground Railroad and features our local community members.

To order your copy of

the video or DVD ($20 each). Please add $4 for shipping & handling.

Please call or write:

The PURE Center 

522 Woodlawn Avenue, Zanesville, OH 43701

(740) 450-3100

Proceeds from the sales of the videos & DVDs 

 benefit the PURE Center.

Passages to Freedom was made possible with the generous support of: 

Ohio University, The Muskingum County Community Foundation, the Putnam Underground Railroad Education Center, and the Ohio Humanities Council.

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