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The Underground Railroad in Iowa

To carry on our discussion that was cut short recently because of live coverage of events in Egypt, we return to the topic of the Underground Railroad. We'll hear about what archeologists have discovered in recent years about Railroad locations and what historians know about the Iowans who helped freedom seekers make their way north. Charity Nebbe speaks with Lynn Koos, curator at the African American Museum of Iowa in Cedar Rapids; and Doug Jones, an archaeologist and the The Iowa Freedom Trail Project Manager with the State Historical Society of Iowa.

Charity Nebbe is the host of IPR's Talk of Iowa