Guests on this episode of Talk of Iowa discuss Iowa's importance in the Underground Railroad. Iowa had a significant amount of Underground Railroad activity because of its geographic location to Missouri, a slave state to the south, and Illinois, a free state to the east.
Guests:
- Novella Nimmo-Black, manager, educational outreach, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
- Harry Wilkins, archivist, Tabor Historical Society
- Leo Landis, state curator, State Historical Society of Iowa
