A Mobile Audio Tour
Welcome to the Quindaro Underground Railroad Audio Tour. Not only will you learn about the Underground Railroad, but you will learn about the events that set the stage for what would happen in Quindaro. Listen stop by stop below.
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Press play on any stop below, or follow along in order as you walk the museum and townsite.
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Indigenous Tribes of Kansas
Meet the Indigenous peoples of Kansas whose homelands set the stage for the story of Quindaro.
0:000:00 - 2
Lewis, Clark & York
The expedition through the region and the story of York, the enslaved man who traveled with it.
0:000:00 - 3
Indian Removal Act
How federal removal policy reshaped the land that would become Quindaro.
0:000:00 - 4
Missouri Compromise & Kansas-Nebraska Act
The legislation that turned Kansas Territory into the front line of the fight over slavery.
0:000:00 - 5
Wyandot Tribe
The Wyandot people whose leaders helped found the free-state town of Quindaro.
0:000:00 - 6
Foundation of Quindaro
Founded in 1856 by abolitionists and Wyandot leaders as a free-state port on the Missouri River.
0:000:00 - 7
Quindaro Underground Railroad
How freedom seekers crossed the Missouri River to liberty on the free soil of Kansas Territory.
0:000:00 - 8
Bleeding Kansas
The violent border war between pro-slavery and free-state forces in Kansas Territory.
0:000:00 - 9
Civil War
Quindaro and the wider region during the Civil War and the enduring struggle for freedom.
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