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Fire and Freedom: Looking at the Exhibit Through New York Eyes

HVCC BulmerTelecommunications Ctr 80 Vandenburgh Avenue, Troy, NY

In the traveling exhibit Fire and Freedom: Food and Enslavement in Early America, George Washington’s plantation, Mount Vernon, serves as a lens into the world of food and enslavement in colonial Virginia. Culinary historian Lavada Nahon compares the depiction of Mount Vernon with the unique food culture of colonial New York. Source:: https://libguides.hvcc.edu/fandf

Troy’s African American Community: Its Quest for Freedom and Equality Before the American Civil War

HVCC BulmerTelecommunications Ctr 80 Vandenburgh Avenue, Troy, NY

Preceding the American Civil War, the African American community in Troy was the prominent center of racial justice activism. The community was recognized at that time for tenacious leadership in the state suffrage reform movement as well as the national abolition movement. Jennifer Thompson Burns, Ph.D. will reveal the rich history of Troy’s antebellum African…

URHP Board Meeting

Underground Railroad History Project 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany

Monthly URHPCR Board Meetings are open to the public. Pay us a visit. Listen in on the discussions that inform implementation of the mission-based vision of URHPCR. Please contact Mary Liz Stewart, Executive Director, via the phone number or website link to inform her of your intent to attend.

The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’s Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, United States

Author Talk and Signing with Andrew Delbanco. The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, the Rhinebeck Reformed Church, the Jewish Federation of Dutchess County and the Mid-Hudson Antislavery History Project will present an African American History Month author talk and signing with Andrew Delbanco author of THE WAR BEFORE THE WAR: FUGITIVE SLAVES AND THE STRUGGLE FOR AMERICA'S SOUL…

Collections Committee

Underground Railroad History Project 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany

Collections Committee is setting up a museum quality artifact management system for the thousands of artifacts unearthed through a variety of archeological digs across the years, and the Collections Committee is organizing archival records and other historic records of Underground Railroad History Project. Take photos. Draft text. Manage filing. Join in the fun and contribute…

URHP Reads – Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880

Underground Railroad History Project 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany

All are welcome to join in the discussion of Black Reconstruction in American 1860-1880 by E.B. Du Bois. Books are available for $25 from Underground Railroad History Project. Du Bois published Black Reconstruction (BR) in 1935 with Harcourt, Brace and Company (New York). He completed it after leaving the NAACP and returning to Atlanta University.…

Chess – It’s Your Move

Underground Railroad History Project 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany

CALLING ANYONE INTERESTED IN PLAYING OR LEARNING HOW TO PLAY CHESS, A HISTORIC GAME SET IN A HISTORIC HOUSE. BOARDS AND PLAYING PIECES PROVIDED. ALL AGES AND ABILITY LEVELS WELCOME.

Illegal Freedom and Illegal Slavery

Schenectady County Historical Society 32 Washington Avenue, Schenectady, NY

Ken Aslakson, PhD, Union College, will discuss antebellum New York, home to some of the time period’s most well-known freedom seekers. No person of African descent was ever completely secure in their freedom. Even those born free were susceptible to being kidnapped and sold into enslavement. Event details and tickets available at https://schenectadyhistorical.org/event/illegal-freedom-and-illegal-slavery-with-professor-ken-aslakson/ $5 admission

The Underground Railroad: Whose Story Do We Tell?

East Greenbush Community Library 10 Community Way, East Greenbush, NY, United States

What more is there to know about the Underground Railroad? It was all about Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass and helping escaping slaves find freedom in Canada, wasn't it? Whose voices contributed to this image of Underground Railroad history? Where did this understanding come from? New research conducted by Paul and Mary Liz Stewart, Scholars-in-Residence…

Metro Friends – 5 Boros to Freedom

Alan Singer's Home 135 Prospect Park Southwest, Apt. E1, Brooklyn, NY

Join in the planning of 5 Boros to Freedom 2020 - a celebration of African American history and culture in the five boroughs of New York City. HIGHLIGHTING THE PINKSTER THEMES OF SELF-RELIANCE, SUPPORTING OTHERS, SELF-ASSERTION, AND COMMUNITY, 5 BOROS TO FREEDOM LOOKS TO CELEBRATE THESE THEMES THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROGRAM OFFERINGS TO BE…

July 4th Oration – Planning Meeting

Underground Railroad History Project 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany

July 4th Oration, 2020 planning starts now! Lend a hand to design a memorable July 4th program. Framed by Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech, What to the Slave is Your Fourth of July, and using previous formatting ideas as a springboard to planning the 2020 event, lend your ideas, your expertise, your creative thoughts, to the…