By Claudia Loucks
Geneseo Current
Angie Snook, former curator/director of the Geneseo Historical Museum, will present a program on the Underground Railroad on March 26th at 2 p.m. at the Geneseo Public Library.
She has devoted thousands of hours to researching American historical subjects in the Midwest and the South. Snook also has presented hundreds of programs to both children and adults on topics including the Underground Railroad, Orphan Train, Illinois
Women, Mary Todd Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln.
In addition to serving as the director of the Geneseo Historical Museum, Snook is a former school teacher in the Geneseo and Moline districts.
The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses that helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom beginning in the 17th Century through the mid-19th Century.
Both natural and man-made routes were used, including rivers, canals and trails as well as safe houses and stations.