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LONGWOOD PROGRESSIVE FRIENDS 150TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, KENNETT SQUARE, PENNSYLVANIA, SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2005
The celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Longwood Progressive Friends Meetinghouse will be held on Sunday, May 22, 2005, beginning at 2 p.m., near the entrance to Longwood Gardens near Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. For almost ninety years, this meetinghouse was the site of the annual meetings of the Progressive Friends. The founders of Longwood were Quakers, abolitionists and agents of the Underground Railroad. Reformers from throughout the country stopped here, from William Lloyd Garrison, Oliver Johnson, Thomas Garrett, Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony and Sojourner Truth in the 1850s, to W.E.B. Dubois, Norman Thomas and A. Philip Randolph in the 1920s and 1930s.
The program will include a talk on the history of Longwood by Christopher Densmore, Friends Historical Library, music by the Kennett Community Choir and a presentation on the visit of the Progressive Friends to Abraham Lincoln in June 1862 to urge the adoption of an Emancipation Proclamation. Copies of the newly republished History of the Underground Railroad in Chester and the Surrounding Counties of Pennsylvania and other books will be available. Descendants of the Progressive Friends have been invited to attend. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served following the program.
The event is sponsored by the Kennett Underground Railroad Center, Longwood Gardens, Western Quarterly Meeting of the Society of Friends, the Chester County Conference and Visitors Bureau and the Friends Historical Association.
HISTORY CHANNEL PROGRAM ON SLAVE CATCHERS AND SLAVE RESISTERS, MAY 26, 2005
"Slave Catchers, Slave Resisters" is a two-hour History Channel documentary that depicts the system of slave policing -- enforced by militia, armed community slave patrols, paid slave catchers, and federal law. Produced by Northern Light Productions of Boston, it will premiere on the History Channel on Thursday, May 26th, 8:00 - 10:00 pm. [Check local listings]
STEAL AWAY TO FREEDOM UNDERGROUND HISTORY WEEKEND, GREENWICH, NEW YORK, JULY 29-31, 2005
The fourth annual "Steal Away to Freedom Underground Railroad History Weekend" will be July 29-31, 2005 in historic Greenwich, NY. This year's focus is "The Liberators: Rebels with a Cause; Those Who Dared" It will feature presentations, performances and workshops on John Brown, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and other New York abolitionists. Magpie (Terry Leonino and Greg Artzner) are composing two new songs for their concert which is possible because of a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts administered locally by the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council. One will be on John Brown's life in Chatham, Ontario and the other will focus on a retrospective on Mary Brown's life including her beginnings here in Granville, NY, Washington Co. (1/2 hr. from Greenwich).
Information can be obtained from our website
www.stealawaytofreedom.com after May 15th or by calling 518/692-9740. Thank you for disseminating this information. Debi Craig, Event Coordinator
SUGAR GROVE (PENNSYLVANIA) ANTI-SLAVERY CONVENTION, JUNE 18-19, 2005
Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania (in the north-west corner of the state) will be celebrating the 151st anniversary of the Sugar Grove Anti-Slavery Convention with a full program of re-enactments featuring Frederick Douglass, Rev. J.W. Loguen, Sallie Hollie, Lewis G. Clark, William Wells Brown and Sojourner Truth.
For detailed information about the weekend events, consult the web site
www.kinzua.net/sugargove [Editor's note: this is no longer
an active link] or call 800-624-7802
Christopher Densmore
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
May 17, 2005
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