Funders

In Pursuit of Freedom is funded by Mayor Michael Bloomberg; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; the New York City Economic Development Corporation; the U.S. Department of Education Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural (URR) Program; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Nathan Cummings Foundation; and the New York State Council on the Humanities; with additional funds provided by The Bay and Paul Foundations, New…

Glossary

…te States A group of united southern states that formed the Confederate States of America, including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. These states voted to secede from the United States between 1860 and 1861. Draft A system for selecting individuals from a group for military service. Emancipation A system under which people are treated as property, to be b…

Exhibitions

Brooklyn Abolitionists Brooklyn Abolitionists This major, long-term exhibit opens on January 15, 2014 and explores the lesser-known heroes of Brooklyn’s anti-slavery movement — ordinary residents, black and white — who shaped their neighborhoods, city and nation with a revolutionary vision of freedom and equality. For opening times and directions please visit brooklynhistory.org Weeksville: Lived Experiences In Pursuit of Freedom…