{"id":10678,"date":"2014-02-06T09:15:10","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T14:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=10678"},"modified":"2014-02-04T21:16:11","modified_gmt":"2014-02-05T02:16:11","slug":"program-to-explore-reverse-underground-railroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=10678","title":{"rendered":"Program to explore &#8216;reverse Underground Railroad&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Chesco Historical Society brings &#8216;History on Tap&#8217; to Kennett Square<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Unknown.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10680\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"Unknown\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Unknown.jpg\" width=\"130\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u201cHistory on Tap,\u201d a program of the Chester County Historical Society that combines insight and discussion with food and drink, is coming to Kennett Square.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Feb. 24, at 6:30 p.m., Chris Densmore will present &#8220;The Kidnapping of Thomas Mitchell, 1849&#8221;\u00a0at the Half Moon Restaurant. Mitchell, an escaped slave from Elkton, Md., thought he was safe among the Quakers and free people of color in Chester County and found a home near Taggert&#8217;s Corners (now Willowdale). Learn about the &#8220;reverse Underground Railroad&#8221; and how Mitchell&#8217;s Chester County neighbors pursued the kidnappers and eventually redeemed Mitchell from a slave-dealer&#8217;s prison in Baltimore.<\/p>\n<p>An RSVP is required by Feb. 20 for this special \u201cHistory on Tap\u201d program since space is limited to 60 attendees and will be available on a first come, first served basis.\u00a0 RSVP to <a href=\"mailto:rs**@*****************al.org\" data-original-string=\"00yg3i2Fj2n\/AXgG0Y3lZQ==750chKY6u\/i96jJjQTEipwiWa2o01F\/+ig6tFRcN\/wkjBY=\" title=\"This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. To finish the decoding make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser.\"><span \n                data-original-string='QlZCs+utAIZMLJ0UNp7x3w==750MdFrUBOViYZZMIgHphHqQG7iQUvKlQMbnUr32Hsc2mA='\n                class='apbct-email-encoder'\n                title='This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. To finish the decoding make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser.'>rs<span class=\"apbct-blur\">**<\/span>@<span class=\"apbct-blur\">*****************<\/span>al.org<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHistory on Tap\u201d is sponsored by Susquehanna Bank, WCHE 1520AM, and in partnership with the 1893s (Chester County Historical Society Young Friends Association) and the Friends of Martin\u2019s Tavern.<\/p>\n<p>The Half Moon Restaurant is located at\u00a0108 W State St, Kennett Square. For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.halfmoonrestaurant.com\/\">http:\/\/www.halfmoonrestaurant.com\/<\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chesco Historical Society brings &#8216;History on Tap&#8217; to Kennett Square \u00a0\u201cHistory on Tap,\u201d a program of the Chester County Historical Society that combines insight and discussion with food and drink, is coming to Kennett Square. On Monday, Feb. 24, at 6:30 p.m., Chris Densmore will present &#8220;The Kidnapping of Thomas Mitchell, 1849&#8221;\u00a0at the Half Moon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,25,450],"tags":[746,3992,3991,1221,16],"class_list":["post-10678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-community","category-events-2","tag-chester-county-historical-society","tag-chris-densmore","tag-half-moon-restaurant","tag-history-on-tap","tag-kennett-square"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}