Black Abolitionists & New Bedford's Underground Railroad
Saturday, November 5th 2022, 9:30am-4:30pm
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Course Schedule and Syllabus
Workshop Syllabus
K-12 participants may complete this course for either 22.5 History/Social Science PDPs OR 1 graduate credit courtesy of Worcester State University. WSU charges an additional fee of $125 for the graduate credit. Let us know which form of credit you prefer on the day of the workshop.
To complete the course and receive credits, participants must attend the workshop on November 5th and complete pre- and post- workshop assignments. Pre-workshop assignments are listed on p3 of the syllabus and must be completed prior to the workshop on November 5th. Post-workshop assignments are listed on p5-6 of the syllabus and are due on or before Thursday, December 8th (email to education@masshist.org).
Agenda
Location: New Bedford Whaling Museum (18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford, MA 02740)
Time: 9:30 AM-4:30 PM
Breakfast and Lunch will be provided.
Parking: The Elm Street Garage (51 Elm Street, New Bedford, MA 02740) is only two blocks from the Whaling Museum.
There is also metered street parking available throughout the central business district (downtown), and curbside parking is available for hourly-metered parking. Free two-hour parking is also available along Johnny Cake Hill. Attendees who choose this option will have to move their cars during the workshop.
Scholar Presentation: Lee Blake
Workshop Primary Source Activity
"Opening a School"
Harriet Ann Jacobs and Louisa M. Jacobs
Ladies' Freedman's Aid Society, Feb. 23, 1864
New Bedford Historical Society
Ticket to the Anti-Slavery Bazaar in Boston, Massachusetts, 1855-1856
Massachusetts Historical Society
Key Curricular Resources
Assignment Readings & Viewings
Pre-Workshop Assignments Jamboard Link: https://jamboard.google.com/d/18uEf3GwQ5bKB3OK80PopfliKVRcOpq57DiVLgjJ7Ytg/edit?usp=sharing
"The Overseas Freeway: Maritime Workers and Fugitives in the Struggle against Slavery "
Marcus Rediker
"Rachel Weeping for Her Children": Black Women and the Abolition of Slavery
Margaret Washington
“A Conversation with Jan. DaSilva, Cultural Resource Specialist at the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park” [Begins at 3:58]
Jan. DaSilva
Additional Primary Sources
Charlotte Forten Journal
"My Mother As I Knew Her"
Rosetta Douglass Sprague
Frederick Douglass Obituary 1895
Diary of Ellen S. Kempton, Freedman School Teacher (Transcribed by NBWM)
Margaret Molyneux
Additional Secondary Sources
Covid-19 Policies
There is no mask mandate in effect at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Attendees are encouraged but not required to wear masks in the building. Additional masks will be available at the workshop for anyone who needs them.