Category: Abolitionists
Amy Murrell Taylor Wins Frederick Douglass Prize for “Embattled Freedom: Journeys through the Civil War’s Slave Refugee Camps”
Amy Murrell Taylor has won the Frederick Douglass Prize from Yale University for her new book “Embattled Freedom: Journeys through the Civil War’s Slave Refugee…
CBS Sunday Morning Visits the Slavery and Reconstruction Sites of Harriet Tubman
CBS Sunday Morning has a nice travel piece visiting the sites of Harriet Tubman’s life in slavery in Maryland and freedom in Auburn, N.Y. CBS…
Pat Young Reviews the New Film “Harriet” About the Life of Harriet Tubman
I went to see the new Harriet Tubman movie “Harriet” today and I suggest you see it too. I don’t say that you should see…
Maryland Hopes Americans Will Visit Harriet Tubman Sites in State
Maryland created a Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway several years ago to guide tourists through the route Tubman took to get away from that state…
Reviews of “Harriet” Movie from L.A. Times, Rolling Stone, & NPR
I have posted some reviews of the new Civil War/Reconstruction film “Harriet,” about the life of Harriet Tubman. Here are excerpts for several more from…
New Yorker Says that New Harriet Tubman Film Is a “Stunning Achievement”
The New Yorker gave the new Civil War/Reconstruction Era film “Harriet” an enthusiastic review. In fact, it calls the Harriet Tubman biopic a “stunning achievement.”…
The New York Times Reviews New Harriet Tubman BioPic “Harriet”
Reviews are beginning to roll in for the new Harriet Tubman biopic “Harriet.” I will post excerpts and links to this Civil War and Reconstruction…
Photo Tour of Harriet Tubman National Historical Park Auburn NY-Tubman’s Home
Two years ago, my spouse Michele and I visited a number of sites in the Finger Lakes region of New York connected with Abolition, the…
Videos from CUNY Conference on Abolitionism
In 2014, the CUNY Graduate Center organized an academic conference on the Abolitionist Movement. Some of the top scholars in the field particpated. The first…
Book Review: Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight published by Simon & Schuster 913 pages (2018) $37.50 Hardcover $14.99 Kindle David Blight has…