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Lancaster

  Bethel AME Church
  Bethel AME Church was an Underground Railroad stop, and a center for spiritual renewal for freed slaves in Lancaster.


  Reenactors in a living history demonstration
  "Living the Experience" is a living history production demonstrating the struggle of escaped slaves at Bethel AME.


  Living the Experience Visitors
  Visitors are "Living the Experience" at Bethel AME Church.


  Thaddeus Stevens Grave
  Thaddeus Stevens, attorney and abolitionist, is laid to rest at Shreiner-Concord Cemetery in Lancaster.


  Lampeter Friends Meeting House
  Society of Friends (Quakers) enacted anti-slavery rulings, and often aided fugitive slaves. Lampeter Friends Meeting House is in Bird-in-Hand.


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