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UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN ADAMS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. SHORT COURSE OFFERED,
FEBRUARY 2 AND 9, 2006
February 2 and 9, 2006: Underground Railroad Course, Gettysburg Campus of Harrisburg Area Community College
Debra McCauslin will teach a two-session course on "Yellow Hill and the Quaker Valley: Stories of the Underground Railroad" on two successive Thursdays, February 2 and 9, 2006, 7 - 9 pm, at HACC's Gettysburg Campus.
The cost is $39 for the two sessions, section number 93020; call 717-338-1010 to register with MasterCard or Visa.
Course description: "Decades before the Civil War began, abolitionists were active north of Gettysburg in the area known as Quaker Valley and Yellow Hill. Located just north of the Mason-Dixon Line, this area was a safe haven for Gettysburg's black community during the Confederate invasion. Here members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) worked with local freedmen Edward Mathews and Basil Biggs to bring slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad. Today an abandoned cemetery is all that remains as evidence of the black community that once thrived there."
[Thanks to George Nagle, editor of Afrolumens, for forwarding this information.]
QUAKERS, AFRICAN AMERICANS, ANTISLAVERY AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, LEESBURG, VIRGINIA, FEBRUARY 4, 2006
Quakers, African Americans, Antislavery, and the Underground Railroad in
the Mid-Atlantic Region, February 4, 2006, 2-4 p.m. No fee.
In recent years, historians have found that a significant number of Quakers, African Americans, and others in the mid-Atlantic region were actively working to end slavery through a variety of strategies and tactics. Their findings shed new light on abolitionism and the coming of the civil war. This informal conference will allow historians from several states to collaborate further and discuss their research and interpretations with the public. Presenters will include Glenn Crothers, University of Louisville and the Filson Historical Society; Christopher Densmore, Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College; Deborah Lee, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities; Jenny Masur, National Park Service, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program; and Bronwen Souders, Waterford Foundation. For further information, call Jenny Masur at
(202) 619-7136.
Thomas Balch Library in Leesburg, Virginia, is the sponsor and location of the conference. The library is a research facility in the National Park Service National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program.
Thomas Balch Library, 208 W. Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176; Phone: (703) 737-7195; Website:
http://www.leesburgva.gov/services/library/
PHILADELPHIA: THIRD ANNUAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD AND BLACK HISTORY CONFERENCE, TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, FEBRUARY 10-11, 2006
The theme of this year's conference is "City of Brotherly Love at War:
Philadelphia's Contribution to Freedom." Speakers include Margaret Bacon, James McGowan, Fergus Bordewich and others. Topics include civil rights in Philadelphia in the 1860s, including the careers of O.V. Catto and the integration of the street cars, William Still, the Underground Railroad, and African-Americans on the
battlefront.
For inquires and registration contact
[email protected] or
[email protected]
PENNSYLVANIA ABOLITION SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND WEBSITE FROM THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA
The November 2005 issue of Pennsylvania Legacies: The Newsletter of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania focuses on the Pennsylvania Abolition Society with articles by Richard S. Newman, Margaret Bacon, Christopher Densmore and others. The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, with the support of the Abolition Society, is creating a website with educational plans using documents from the PAS.
For PA Abolition Society, go to:
http://www.hsp.org/default.aspx?id=634
HARRIET TUBMAN IN BUCKTOWN, MARYLAND, MARCH 10, 2006
From: Melissa Thibodeaux
We would like you to help get the word out about the Friday, March 10, 2006 date in Bucktown, MD, where we will honor Harriet Tubman at her home site in Bucktown. This marks the date of her death, March 10, and all who love her memory should plan to attend this two-day workshop and seminar honoring Harriet Ross-Tubman.
For more information: please send email inquiries to
[email protected]
Christopher Densmore
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
December 20, 2005
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