The public is invited to a Fall Lecture series event hosted by the Ross County Historical Society. Dr. Andrew Feight, Professor of American History at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio, will present New Light on the Underground Railroad in the Appalachian Foothills of Ohio. Dr. Andrew Feight will discuss the central role of African American settlements and churches in the operations of a multi-racial “network to  Freedom.” Dr Feight will trace the stories of freedom seekers and those Appalachian Ohioans, white and black, who helped them escape and resist the institution of slavery.