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Emancipation Towns & Migrating Dreams of Freedom and Citizenship
June 15th & 22nd
11:00AM-12:00PM ET
(2 Sessions - “This is Home” & “We Have to Go”)
Overview:
In the aftermath of the Civil War and Emancipation, newly freed men and women established homes and communities of their own. Some migrated west or north, others stayed closer to lands and people they knew, starting with nothing but the determination to begin autonomous lives in a new, uncertain America.
Voices of Abolition
July 13th & 20th
11:00AM-12:00PM ET
(2 Sessions - “From the Fugitive Slave Law to Abolition” & “The Beginnings of an Abolition Movement”)
Overview:
Although African Americans were a driving force in the abolition movement few outside Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman are widely known today. Discover the stories of individuals who played a pivotal role in bringing the issue of slavery to the forefront.
One Image, Two Freedom Fighters
August 10th & 17th
11:00AM-12:00PM ET
(2 Sessions - “One Image, Two Freedom Fighters”)
Overview:
The 1864 photo of USCT Pvt. Hubbard Pryor became a national recruitment tool for the US Army and Black male pride in the fight for Emancipation. Then it vanished from memory, only to resurface as a depiction of Gabriel, the enslaved Virginia blacksmith who led a well-organized, if thwarted large-scale rebellion more than 60 years before. What can we learn from the stories of these two men?
First Ladies of the Civil War
November 16th
11:00AM-12:00PM ET
(2 Sessions - “One Image, Two Freedom Fighters”)
Overview:
Although on opposite sides of a divided nation, Varina Davis and Mary Todd Lincoln had much in common. Delve into the lives of these two intriguing women who were First Ladies during the American Civil War.