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Center for Brooklyn History
This exhibition was originally organized and published by the Brooklyn Historical Society.
Discover the unsung heroes of Brooklyn's anti-slavery movement.
In the early 19th century, ordinary Brooklynites, black and white, shaped their neighborhoods, city, and nation with a revolutionary vision of freedom and equality. In Pursuit of Freedom uncovers their stories. This groundbreaking exhibition demonstrates how Brooklyn embodied many of the paradoxes of 19th-century America: it was at once a home to appalling and everyday racism, and a haven for progressive thought and activism.
You can explore stories, photographs, maps, games, documents and artifacts, and a rich educational material on the project's website.
Discover the unsung heroes of Brooklyn's anti-slavery movement.
In the early 19th century, ordinary Brooklynites, black and white, shaped their neighborhoods, city, and nation with a revolutionary vision of freedom and equality. In Pursuit of Freedom uncovers their stories. This groundbreaking exhibition demonstrates how Brooklyn embodied many of the paradoxes of 19th-century America: it was at once a home to appalling and everyday racism, and a haven for progressive thought and activism.
You can explore stories, photographs, maps, games, documents and artifacts, and a rich educational material on the project's website.
Credits
The exhibition has been part of a groundbreaking public history partnership that generated new research on Brooklyn's abolition movement in partnership with Weeksville Heritage Center and Irondale Ensemble Project.