Freedom Time is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, organized touring companies of the Underground Railroad in the world. Founded in 1988, the company has conducted hundreds of tours of the Underground Railroad in Washington, Maysville, and Augusta, Kentucky and Ripley, Ohio.
This historic tour of the Underground Railroad covers a forty-mile radius. In addition, Freedom Time provides guided tours to Canada. Freedom Time also provides research, consultation and dynamic interaction presentations and exhibits of the history of Africa, slavery and the Underground Railroad.
It has provided major presentations in Boston and New Bedford, MA; New York, NY; Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia, PA; Chicago, Il; Cincinnati, Columbus and Ripley, OH; Dallas and Denton, TX; Orlando, FL; Charleston, SC; Knoxville, TN; Langston, OK; San Bernadino and Riverside, CA. We have also been honored to present in Frankfort, Georgetown, Hopkinsville, Lexington, Louisville, Maysville, Mount Sterling, Paris, and Winchester, Kentucky. Freedom Time also manages Freedoms Underground Railroad Station, located in "Phillips Folly" at 227 Sutton Street, Maysville, Kentucky. Tours are by appointment only.
Freedom Time's clientele includes some of the following: Actor, Danny Glover, National Park Service, Parks Canada, Ohio Friends of Freedom Society, National Millennium Trail, National Underground Network to Freedom Program, federal judges and attorneys, The History Channel, Kentucky Educational TV, Maysville Community College, Morehead State University, North Texas State University, University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville.. The New Bedford Historical Society, Kentucky Historical Society, Fleming County Kentucky Historical Society, Rowan County Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky African American Heritage Commission. In addition, our clientele includes over 100 elementary, middle and secondary schools throughout the United States. We provide our services to numerous churches, civic and public organizations throughout the country. We have been blessed to provide tours for students from Brazil, Germany and Ireland.
