Black Abolitionists & New Bedford's Underground Railroad

Saturday, November 5th 2022, 9:30am-4:30pm

Wifi: NBWM Public Wireless

Password: nbwm2019

Course Schedule and Syllabus

MHS Workshop Syllabus_Black Abolitionists New Bedford's Underground Railroad.pdf

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).

MHS NBWM Workshop Agenda.docx

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

no_trains_no_tunnels_22.pptx

Workshop Primary Source Activity

New Bedford Primary Source Activity

Workshop Primary Source Activity Packet

The Boston Vigilance Committee Treasurer’s Account Book, 8 Dec.1852 - 6 July, 1853

Massachusetts Historical Society

Garrison_Piper_1839.pdf

"Anti-Slavery Fair," The Liberator 23 August 1839

New Bedford Historical Society

Building a School_Jacobs.pdf

"Opening a School"

Harriet Ann Jacobs and Louisa M. Jacobs

Sojourner Truth Carte de Visit, 1863

Massachusetts Historical Society

Ladies'Freedmen's Aid Society.pdf

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

"The Overseas Freeway: Maritime Workers and Fugitives in the Struggle against Slavery "

Marcus Rediker

Rachel_Weeping_for_Children_History 2-10-19_143348.pdf

"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

charlottefortenjournal.pdf

Charlotte Forten Journal

My Mother as I knew her_Rosetta.pdf

"My Mother As I Knew Her"

Rosetta Douglass Sprague

Antislavery wafers from the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, circa 1850

Douglass Obituary 1895.pdf

Frederick Douglass Obituary 1895

Diary of Ellen S. Kemptondocx.docx

Diary of Ellen S. Kempton, Freedman School Teacher (Transcribed by NBWM)

Margaret Molyneux

Additional Secondary Sources

Going Where They Dare Not Follow.pdf
The Whole Town-Gibson.pdf

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.