Category: Abolitionists
Harriet Tubman & Thomas Garrett Statue in Wilmington, Delaware
For the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, the citizens of Wilmington, Delaware erected a new statue in the revived Riverfront Park along the Christina River…
The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots: A True Story of Slavery by John Swanson Jacobs
Jacobs, John Swanson. The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots: A True Story of Slavery; A Rediscovered Narrative, with a Full Biography by…
NY Times Reviews “NIGHT FLYER: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People” by Tiya Miles
The New York Times has a new review of Tiya Miles’s latest book on Harriet Tubman. Jennifer Szalai authored it. Here are some substantial excerpts:…
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….