Flight to Freedom

Olympia Arts + Heritage Alliance (AHA) in partnership with the Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum and City of Olympia are sponsoring a presentation and discussion about the compelling story of Charles Mitchell. A 13-year-old boy, Mitchell escaped enslavement in Olympia in 1860 by traveling by steamer from Olympia to Victoria, B. C. via the Puget Sound Underground Railroad.

Dr. Lorraine McConaghy, one of the authors of the book_ Free Boy_ which presented the biographies of Charles Mitchell and the man who enslaved him, James Tilton will offer an illustrated program followed by a moderated community discussion.