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New England shares the dual roles of promoting enslavement in the 17th & 18th centuries with its ports and products vital to the Transatlantic slave trade and the 19th century rise of the Underground Railroad and Abolition movement that brought enslavement to its end. We will discuss key events and figures including Sea Captain Paul and his wife Alice Cuffe, Lewis and Harriet Hayden, Charles Lenox Remond, Frederick Douglass, Rev. Samuel J. May, Prudence Crandall, Abby Kelley Foster, and other significant figures who bring this era to life.
Instructor: Susan Franz holds a master's degree from Clark University and has taught at several local colleges. She has taught several courses on the abolition and Underground Railroad periods for WISE and lectures frequently around the Commonwealth. She played a key role in gaining National Park Service recognition for Underground Railroad locations in the Blackstone River Valley and designed an exhibit on the Underground Railroad for state parks. She has served on the Uxbridge Select Board, Finance Committee, and Historical Commission and has edited a book on French artist Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun titled Moments of Joy.
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