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Wednesday October 19, 6:30 – 8:30PM
Neighborhood Preservation Center
232 East 11th Street (btn. 2nd & 3rd Ave.)
Join us for a special illustrated lecture about the Abolitionist activities on the Bowery and Lower Manhattan that began in the late 1700’s and continued through the Civil War. This Movement involved a fascinating cast of characters and remarkable events, John Brown and the Underground Railroad. The program also surveys the exciting effort to create a Freedom Trail in Lower Manhattan.
Speakers:
Jacob Morris is an historian, educator and Director of the Harlem Historical Society. He is spearheading efforts to create a Lower Manhattan “Freedom Trail” that would commemorate New York City’s critical role in the Underground Railroad.
Louis A. DeCaro, Jr., PH.D is the director and teacher of history and theology at Alliance Theological Seminary. His book Freedom’s Dawn: The Last Days of John Brown in Virginia (2015), describes the abolitionist martyr’s fascinating, little known link to the Bowery.
Sally Young is a painter/photographer, teacher, historian, and a community activist. She has done extensive research on the Bowery’s Federal era houses, including 134 and 136 Bowery, structures with significant ties to the Abolitionist Movement and the Underground Railroad.
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Seating is limited.
$12.00 General Admission
$10.00 LESPI/BAN Members, Students
Program is followed by a reception with light refreshments.
For more information contact info@LESPI-nyc.org or 347-827-1846
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