The reconstruction era after slavery was abolished in the country. Part of the exhibition is discussing several notable abolitionists. Here, we talk about frederick douglass. He was one of the most recognized africanamericans in the country at that time. He was born a slave in maryland and escaped into freedom as a young adult. Throughout his career as an abolitionist, he fought for the freedom of africanamericans, all the people who were enslaved in the country. During the civil war, he lobbied with Abraham Lincoln for the recruitment of colored citizens. Here on display, we are very proud to have Frederick Douglasss beaver hat on loan. It is one of our treasures. We are so proud to have it on display. It is something that is recognizable from many of Frederick Douglasss photos. Harriet Beecher Stowe is another abolitionist. Harriet Beecher Stowe was the woman who wrote uncle toms cabin. She gained her inspiration for the book while living in cincinnati. President lincoln actually is quoted as saying that she was the little woman that wrote a book that started a great war. On display, we have a First Edition copy of uncle toms cabin. It is owned by the National Underground Railroad Freedom center. It was published in 1852 and became a bestseller. It is printed in tens of different languages. Uncle toms cabin had a huge impact on the country when it was published. For the first time, Many Americans were learning the horrors of slavery, something they had never heard before. As lincoln said, it was a book that started a war. This grave marker is one of the new additions. It is the original grave marker for salmon p. Chase. Salmon chase was an influential abolitionist, antislavery lawyer, politician, judge throughout his career. He advocated for the rights of africanamericans. Salmon chase presided over the impeachment trial of andrew jackson. The story of how this grave marker came to us is an interesting one. One of my favorite stories at the museum. The grave marker was found as a Construction Company was digging for a retaining wall. They excavated it out of the ground. It was essentially deposited as trash, garbage. It was used after salmon chase was moved to cincinnati from his original burial place in washington dc. Three years ago now, the marker was found. It was graciously saved and preserved by the construction manager at the site, who contacted the National Underground Railroad Freedom center with interest in donating it to us. It came to the freedom center, went directly on display, and will be permanently on display in the gallery. We have moved upstairs to our Permanent Collection storage at the freedom center. The past several years, our collection has continued to grow and grow. We are able to display a lot of items that we own for visitors. I want to show you three specific items. The first item is an original advertisement for a slave sale. Wh is really interesting about this specific advertisement, a sale that happened in 1852 in charleston, south carolina, is that you can see their name, their age, and the jobs they would have been able to perform. You will notice at the bottom that some of these individuals do not have jobs they can perform because they are really young. Hannah is two months old, margaret is four years old. This document reminds us that children were often part of slavery and the underground railroad. Families were broken up. The underground railroad was a way that families may be able to stay together. Will order children had to take the same risk their adult caretakers would have to take. The next piece i would like to show you is an item on loan. It is a bible that was given by reverend john rankin. John rankin was an abolitionist in ripley, ohio. He helped hide slaves in his home and on his property as they escaped from the state of kentucky over the ohio river into the state of ohio. He would then move them farther north, ultimately, on their way to canada. This bible was given by john rankin to his daughterinlaw, mary a. Rankin, on her wedding day to his son. What is special about bibles like this is that they have a lot of family photographs in the back. There is family records written within this. As we search through the bible, we hope to discover more about their role in the underground railroad in cincinnati and the family lineage that began with john rankin. The last item i would like to show you is our First Edition book of 12 years a slave by solomon northup. This is an early printing of the First Edition. The book was so popular when it was First Published a second printing was made. That is what we are looking at here. Solomon northup was a free man in the city of new york that was kidnapped and brought into the south several times as a slave. Although, throughout his life as a slave, he never gave up. He always fought for freedom. Solomon northup wrote his autobiography after he obtained his freedom. He went on to speak about his experiences, nearly for the rest of his life, helping illustrate the horrors of slavery to others who may have had no idea up to that point. Objects like these are extremely important to have in a museum. Museums are able to preserve them for future generations. We are also able to exhibit them and share them with our visitors. Objects like this book or bible or advertisements can be used as vehicles to tell stories. At the freedom center, we are revealing stories of freedoms heroes, those who were fighting for freedom and the freedom of others. Quakes are out the weekend American History tv is featuring cincinnati, ohio. Our cities tour staff recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. Learn more about cincinnati and other stops on our tour at itiestour. Org c quakes American History tv is featuring cspans original series first ladies, influence and image, and 8 00 p. M. Eastern on sunday nights throughout the rest of this year. Cspan produced this series in cooperation with the White House Historical association. Through conversations with experts, video tours, and questions from cspans audience. We tell the stories of americas 45 first ladies. Now, Eleanor Roosevelt on first ladies, influence and image. Good evening. I am speaking to you tonight at a very serious moment in our history. The cabinet is convening and the leaders are meeting with the president. The state department and Navy Officials are meeting with the president all afternoon. In fact, the japanese ambassador was talking to the president at the time that japan was bombing our citizens in the philippines and sinking one of our transports
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