By Rachel Hooper At Historians Against Slavery, we are assembling a list of colleges and universities with abolitionist ties in order to better understand the effect abolitionism had on colleges in the nineteenth century. This post reflects on my...
In today’s guest post, just in time for the fall semester, David N. Gellman shares a writing assignment he uses to help students think about connections and disconnects between abolitionism in the past and the present. If all the...
In this guest post, Dr. Gale Kenny of Barnard College, reviews In Pursuit of Freedom, a continuing exhibit at the Brooklyn Historical Society that will be open until Winter 2018. Have you seen the exhibit? Let us know what...
In this guest post, Christopher Olsen, professor and chair in the history department at Indiana State University, shares his experiences with bringing contemporary slavery into the history classroom. Please share your own thoughts in the comments! Nearly twenty years...
Internship Description National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Print Friendly PDF Summer 2014 Title: Contemporary Slavery Initiatives Intern Supervisor: Brooke Hathaway Department: Strategic Initiatives Description: Contemporary Slavery Initiatives Interns will work with the Strategic Initiatives department to...
In this guest post, Edward Rugemer, associate professor of African American Studies and History at Yale University, shares some of the methods he has used in the classroom to connect slavery then to slavery now. An earlier version of...
This post by HAS Board Member Robert E. Wright considers how teachers can use the movie 12 Years a Slave to help students think about modern-day slavery and our responsibilities to inform ourselves about it. Move over Kunta Kinte, Solomon...
Read an essay by our founding Board Member James Brewer Stewart, which was recently featured on the website U.S. History Scene.
Last Friday, HAS co-director Stacey Robertson visited South Elgin High School outside of Chicago to speak to about 200 students on “(Anti)Slavery Now and Then.” Thanks to the teachers and students for the invitation and the great questions! And...