US Department of Education Resources

…earch that will be published on the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center’s Educational Portal; a series of on-site and traveling exhibitions; new college curriculum for undergraduate use that will be placed on the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center’s Educational Portal; artifact digitization that will be made available to researchers and staff members on-site; and, the restoration and preservation of an authentic nineteenth cent…

Timeline

…ion society often exposed itself through racism and mockery. The Bobalition print series, the name a corruption of “abolition”, reflected these hostilities. The series began in Boston at the turn of the nineteenth century and quickly gained popularity in cities such as Boston, Philadelphia, London and Brooklyn. Christian Brown’s “Brooklyn Boblashun!” shown here, was produced in 1829. Its features are typical: visual caricatures and text tha…

Games

FOR STUDENTS Build map skills, develop a better understanding of how everyday people advanced anti-slavery ideals, and create your own anti-slavery propaganda. It Happened in Brooklyn IN PURSUIT OF FREEDOM WRITE A POEM *Best viewed in Google Chrome & Safari IT HAPPENED in BROOKLYN Click on the titles on the right for additional information. Drag the circles to their proper locations on the map. Havemeyer, Townsend & Co. Sugar Refine…

A Gradual Emancipation (1783 – 1827)

…ion society often exposed itself through racism and mockery. The Bobalition print series, the name a corruption of “abolition”, reflected these hostilities. The series began in Boston at the turn of the nineteenth century and quickly gained popularity in cities such as Boston, Philadelphia, London and Brooklyn. Christian Brown’s “Brooklyn Boblashun!” shown here, was produced in 1829. Its features are typical: visual caricatures and text tha…