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SMITHSONIAN
CONFERENCE, FEBRUARY 27-MARCH 1, 2003 | HARRIET JACOBS SYMPOSIUM, APRIL 4-5,
2003
SUGAR GROVE, PENNSYLVANIA, WEBSITE
Thanks to Gregory Wilson for the following website:
The beginnings of the new website containing information on the Underground
Railroad in and around Sugar Grove, Warren County, Pennsylvania is now
online at
http://www.madbbs.com/users/sgrove/index.html
The site is possible by a grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
Commission.
The "Just Over the Line" Underground Railroad Exhibit at the
Chester County
Historical Society has been very successful and is being extended through
2003. The book selection this spring for "One Philadelphia, One Book" is
Lorene Carey, The Price of a Child, based on the true story of the escape
of Jane Johnson from slavery in Philadelphia in 1855 with the assistance of
William Still, Passmore Williamson and others. Philadelphia area libraries
and museums are planning lectures and exhibits for February through April
2003. The Clarke Center, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, is
organizing a two day symposium on the Underground Railroad for February
24-25, 2003. Plans to build a convention center in Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, involve the incorporation as part of the site of the Thaddeus
Stevens house. Recent archeological investigation of the site discovered a
possible passage way from a water cistern in back of the Stevens house with
the basement of an adjacent building.
SMITHSONIAN URR PROGRAM, WASHINGTON, DC, FEBRUARY 27 MARCH 1, 2003
Passages to Freedom: The Underground Railroad in American History and
Legend. Conference topics include children's experiences as fugitive
slaves, the role of music and song in the struggle for freedom, and
activities of the Underground Railroad in the D.C. area. Pre-registration
is required; visit americanhistory.si.edu/passages in January or call
202-357-2996. Sponsored by the Program in African American Culture, the
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, and the National Park
Service.
Note: The web address given above does not seem to be working at this time,
but I did see a copy of the program courtesy of our colleagues at the
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. This conference will have a
very full program with presentations by Spencer R. Crew, Milton C. Sernett,
John Michael Vlach, Judy Wellman, Wlma King, Carol Wilson, Hilary Russell,
Freddie L. Parker, Jane Landers, Ron Tyler, Jane Rhodes, Kevin Mulroy,
Orloff Miller, Emma J. Lapsansky, Allen Grundy, Diane Miller, Bryan
Prince, Charles L. Blockson, Cathy D. Nelson, Vivian Abdur-Rahim, Mary A.
Edmond, Jerry Gore, Bernice Johnson Reagon, and others.
HARRIET JACOBS SYMPOSIUM, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 4 AND
SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 2003 [FROM H-NET]
The Harriet Jacobs Symposium will be held April 4-5, 2003 in Edenton, North
Carolina, where writer, abolitionist and reformer Harriet Jacobs was born
in slavery. Jacobs' book, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, which
describes her life in Edenton and her struggle for freedom, is one of the
major works of African-American literature.
This symposium will be the first time that scholars of history and
literature knowledgeable on Jacobs and her work have met for such a focused
endeavor. Jacobs's scholar Jean Fagan Yellin will be the Keynote Speaker.
Other speakers include Trudier Harris-Lopez, English professor at
UNC-Chapel Hill and a Carolina Speaker; Kathleen Berkeley, History
professor at UNC-Wilmington; Lucinda MacKethan, English professor at
NC-State; Freddie Parker, History professor at NC-Central, and Anne Warner,
English professor at Spelman College.
The Symposium will include panel discussions, lectures, music, a guided
walking tour of Edenton, and more. There is NO REGISTRATION FEE for the
Symposium. Everyone is Welcome.
This project is funded by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities
Council and co-sponsored by the NC Department of Archives and
History,
Edenton Historical Commission, and Kadesh AME Zion Church with support from
the Historic Edenton Site, NC Department of Tourism, Chowan County and the
Town of Edenton.
Further Info: For Registration Procedures or to view a Preliminary Program,
Participant Biographies, and an Edenton Hotel and Dining Guide, please go
to the symposium website.
email: [email protected]
Contact information: Dr. Claudia Slate, Florida Southern College,
111 Lake Hollingsworth Dr., Lakeland, FL 33801; phone: (888) 872-8562; Email:
[email protected]
Christopher Densmore, January 8, 2003
Friends Historical Library
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