“Abolition in the Bowne House Archives” Talk and Slideshow

Join us for a presentation that explores Bowne House’s connection to abolition and the Underground Railroad:

Archivist Charlotte Jackson will offer the audience a close-up look at some precious records preserved at Bowne House, including an 18th-century manumission certificate and a letter carried by a freedom-seeker on the Underground Railroad. Ellen M. Spindler, Collection Volunteer, will describe her research into New York Quaker Meeting minutes from 1771-1787 that show their efforts to manumit, or legally free, the enslaved held by their members, a goal eventually reached by 1798.

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Bowne House, 37-01 Bowne Street, Queens, United States

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