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As part of the ongoing observance of the bicentennial of the UGRR in Guilford County, a day of commemoration for Vestal Coffin, the First “Conductor” on the Underground R.R. in Guilford County, will be held on October 10, Coffin’s birth and death date (1792-1826). Activity schedule (all free and open to the public): 9:30 a.m. “Origins of the Underground R.R.: African Americans, Native Americans, and Quakers,” Arwin Smallwood, Chair of the History and Political Science…

Friendship Community Partnership is sponsoring an Underground Railroad Tour in the Guilford College Woods. Meet in the New Garden Friends Meeting parking lot. The tour is .6 mile on unpaved wooded trail and takes 1 - 1.5 hours. For more information, and to reserve a spot, contact : Kate Hood Seel or 336-455-2591. Participating churches; Collins Grove United Methodist, New Garden Friends Meeting, Persimmon Grove AME, Raleigh’s Crossroads United Methodist, and St. Barnabas Episcopal.

Dana Auditorium, on the campus of Guilford College / Author Fergus Bordewich  will present “Still Bound for Canaan. The Underground Railroad, its History, and its Meaning for the Twenty-First Century.” This event is hosted by the North Carolina Friends Historical Society, in partnership with Guilford College and the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro. The program will begin with the singing of African-American spirituals and is open to the public. It will also serve as a…