The Journey Audio

Listen to The Journey: Unsung Stories of the Underground Railroad

Kentuckiana played a central role in the Underground Railroad and served as a major corridor for enslaved men, women, and children fleeing bondage. Join us for an immersive storytelling experience to uncover the hidden stories of people and places in our community with close ties to this resistance story.

During this walkable, drivable audio tour you will visit significant locations and landmarks along both sides of the Ohio River that reveal local connections to the Underground Railroad. Your experience begins at the “Kentucky Fugitives to Canada” historic marker at 4th and Main Street in downtown Louisville. The first four stops are walkable and cover approximately two miles. For stops 5 and 6 you will make a short drive to New Albany, Indiana to complete the tour.

You will take a similar route to that of Lucie and Thornton Blackburn who fled Louisville to avoid sale and separation in the 1830s, traveling from downtown Louisville over the Ohio River to Indiana. The Blackburn story will serve as a central thread for discovering this important history, with significant locations, historical details, and additional voices woven into the narrative.

Welcome to The Journey.

cost: FREE

 Please note: the Frazier History Museum has made every effort to use the most up-to-date and inclusive terminology in the materials we create. However, due to the evolving understandings of language, some of the terminology used in original sources may not reflect current standards.