Daily News | Philly ‘Walking Artist’ visits the gravesites of Tubman and Douglass — and finds allies along the way
He made it to Auburn on Aug. 9. Tubman lived the last 54 years of her life in Auburn, where her home is now aAfter pausing his trip on Aug. 10, earlier than he had expected, Johnston returned home to Philadelphia for about a week before he left on Aug. 17 to made a previously planned trip to California. He returned to Philadelphia on Aug. 22 and took a train to Syracuse, N.Y. , on Aug. 23. He resumed his walk in Auburn on Wednesday, Aug. 24.
“This was the way people made their way to Canada [to escape slavery] by foot, by rail or by the canal.” “Any of the freedom seekers who traveled this way had to have help and collaboration,” Johnston said Friday. For example, just over a week ago on Aug. 25, Johnston said he had stopped in Geneva, N.Y., to take a break and ran into Kelly Guilfoyle, a businesswoman who started an events and promotions company called Drink Like A Girl. Her company was launched in January 2020 to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote.
On Friday morning, Johnston walked west on Route 31, from the town of Holley, N.Y. on his way to Medina, N.Y.for a “Safe House” noted the place where the abolitionist Chauncey Robinson helped people fleeing slavery by hiding them at his home.Johnston said the people he has met on this journey have been fascinated by the story of his walking from New York to Canada and many said they had not known much about the Underground Railroad in their towns.
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