 Mamie
Sweeting Diggs
Religion: Catholic
Occupation: Meat Clerk
Time in Williamsport area: Entire Life
Place Born: Loyalsock Township
Hobbies: Research, Habitat for Humanity doing educational
presentations about the history of African
Americans and the Underground Railroad in
Pennsylvania.
Issues of Importance: The status of people
around the world
“To increase TOLERANCE in our community...
"we need to work together as neighbors
one day at a time.”
Mamie
Sweeting Diggs is a fourth generation
descendant of Daniel Hughes, a conductor on the
“Underground
Railroad” in
Lycoming County, PA. Mrs. Diggs is a
respected local historian who, like many of
her ancestors, passes her family history down
through the tradition of storytelling. She
can often be found in schools, colleges, museums
or any place that people gather, telling the
stories that Daniel Hughes passed down to his
thirteen sons. Mamie Diggs was the primary
researcher for Karen Frock's PBS documentary on
the Underground Railroad, "Follow the
North Star" and she is currently writing a
book on her research on the subject. |
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