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North Carolina: How Quakers Shaped the State with Lee Ann Miller

North Carolina: How Quakers Shaped the State with Lee Ann Miller

Did you know that by the 1850s, in Jamestown, North Carolina, Quakers were actively working for the abolition of slavery? This included building a false bottom wagon to ferry enslaved Americans into free states. Lee Ann Miller joins Sharon to hear the connection between Edward R. Murrow, famous American Broadcast Journalist, and a North Carolina Quaker community that organized and ran a large portion of the Underground Railroad. Listen in as Sharon gives details about Quakers and the ways in which they shaped American history dating all the way back to the 1600s.

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  • Host: Sharon McMahon
  • Executive Producer: Heather Jackson
  • Audio Producer: Jenny Snyder

Guest

Guest

Lee Ann Miller

Lee Ann Miller makes her home in Ohio’s Amish Country. Married to an Amish man, she has created a zany life filled with hospitality, small business and joy. Lee Ann has shared wholesome, easy, country cookin’ recipes on Ohio FOX affiliates for 16 years. She loves cooking & sharing on LIVE TV!