The Manheim Township Historical Society will present the final installment in its Autumn Series, exploring the history of the Underground Railroad in Lancaster County.

Leroy Hopkins will present "Underground Railroad in Lancaster County, Welsh Mountain Columbia Vicinities" on Saturday, Oct. 15, at 1 p.m. in the Morgan Center Room at the Manheim Township Public Library, 595 Granite Run Drive, Lancaster. The lecture will include new information regarding how the Underground Railroad operated in the local area.

Hopkins was born and raised in Lancaster County, is a retired Millersville University professor, and has served as the associate director of the local Urban League. He has been researching the history of black people in Lancaster County since 1977. To learn more about Hopkins, visit http://blogs.millersville.edu/news/2015/02/26/dr-leroy-hopkins/.

The recordings of the first and second lectures, "Underground Railroad Enslaved Africans in Lancaster County" and "Underground Railroad Traditional Historiography," respectively, are available at https://bit.ly/UGRRHopkinsPart1 and https://bit.ly/UGRRHopkinsPart2.

For more information, email mthistoricalsociety@gmail.com, call 717-569-6638, visit http://www.mthistoricalsociety.com, or search for "Manheim Township Historical Society" on Facebook.