What it was like to walk in the shoes of America’s slaves – The Washington Post

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What it was like to walk in the shoes of America’s slaves

Vivid photos show what it would be like to follow in the footsteps of slaves on the Underground Railroad.

via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2016/02/01/what-it-was-like-to-walk-in-the-shoes-of-americas-slaves/

A project by Jeanine Michna-Bales “Through Darkness to Light” seeks to illuminate one aspect of the journey: what it would have been like to walk in the shoes of escaped slaves trickling north. For two and a half years, she photographed in the dead of night, moving through the woods and outskirts of towns where slaves may have tread