Category: Abolitionists
Harriet Tubman Statue Unveiled Next to John Brown’s Grave in Lake Placid
Harriet Tubman and John Brown were two leading figures in the anti-slavery movement in New York. Tubman lived in Auburn, New York and Brown’s farm was…
John W. Jones Black Abolitionist & Keeper of Elmira POW Cemetery Has New Statue Erected
The John W. Jones Museum in Elmira has newly erected statue of Jones. He was a formerly enslaved person who escaped slavery in Virginia and…
Harriet Tubman Statue in Beaufort, S.C. Unveiled Honoring Her Role in Civil War
A new statue of Harriet Tubman has been unveiled in Beaufort, South Carolina for her role in the Combahee River Raid that freed 700 South…
Frederick Douglass Statue at New-York Historical Society
Frederick Douglass stands at the top of a stair leading into the New-York Historical Society. The statue was installed in 2011 just as the United…
New York State Awards $500,000 to Develop Underground Railroad Corridor
New York State has announced that it is giving out a grant to the Underground Railroad Consortium of New York State to start developing a…
Sojourner Truth Memorial at Northampton, Mass.
In the Summer I went up into the Hudson Valley to see a statue of Sojourner Truth as a young woman. In the Fall I…
Abolitionist Twilights: History, Meaning, and the Fate of Racial Egalitarianism, 1865-1909 By Raymond James
Abolitionist Twilights: History, Meaning, and the Fate of Racial Egalitarianism, 1865-1909. By Raymond James Krohn. New York: Fordham University Press, 2023, 288 pp. Paperback $35.00….
Exhibit on Frederick Douglass Opened in Washington’s National Portrait Galley
A new exhibit on Frederick Douglass has opened at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Galley in Washington. It will be open until April 21, 2024. Here…
June 17, 2023 New Exhibit on the Abolition of Slavery at Harrisburg Civil War Museum
The Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Pa. will open a new exhibit on the pre-Civil War attempts to abolish slavery. Here is the description from…
Can We Call Harriet Beecher Stowe an Abolitionist?
I have visited the home of Harriet Beecher Stowe in Hartford and read Uncle Tom’s Cabin. I have even seen the stained glass likeness of…
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