Schuyler Flatts Civil War Encampment
Some of the youth from the URHPCR Young Abolitionists participated in the Civil War Encampment at Schuler Flatts this weekend. We also had a table at the event where we…
Bonnets And Bayonets – A Young Abolitionist Fundraiser for URHPCR
Young Abolitionists are enjoying an evening of Victorian dancing at the fundraising program they organized called Bonnets and Bayonets: an Evening of Victorian Dance. The event included dance instruction, live…
A Greenhouse Meeting – St. Anne Institute and URHPCR Collaboration
Stephen and Harriet Myers would be overjoyed to see their principals still in action today. Born into slavery on or around 1800, Stephen Myers began his life a slave in…
Saint Rose Reach Out Day
Mary Liz talks to the 24 students that came today as part of the Saint Rose Service Day. She told them about the Myers Residence, what their help meant, about…
The Fugitive Blacksmith Or, Events in the History of James W. C. Pennington, Pastor of a Presbyterian Church, New York, Formerly a Slave in the State of Maryland, United States
Author: J.W.C. Pennington Pennington’s narrative portrays his life as both a physical and spiritual progression. His treatment of both movements—from slavery to freedom and ignorance to wisdom—condemns the chattels principle…
Incidents In the Life of a Slave Girl
Author: Harriet Jacobs The true story of an individual’s struggle for self-identity, self-preservation, and freedom, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girlremains among the few extant slave narratives written by…
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Author: Richard Rothstein In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America’s cities came to be racially…
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
Author: Douglas A Blackmon Based on a vast record of original documents and personal narratives, Slavery by Another Name unearths the lost stories of slaves and their descendants who journeyed into freedom…
Bound for Canaan: The Epic Story of the Underground Railroad, America’s First Civil Rights Movement
Author: Fergus Bordewich Bound for Canaan tells the stories of men and women like David Ruggles, who invented the black underground in New York City; bold Quakers like Isaac Hopper and…
