It was home to seven president s, including William Henry harrison , known as the father of the west. Power Cable Partners worked with ur staff to explore the citys history. Learn more about it on American History tv. , we are in the exhibition slavery at the underground Railroad Freedom center. It chronicles the history of slavery in america from the Transatlantic Slave Trade through the civil war and into 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 is 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 a abolitionist, he fought for the ,reedom of africanamericans all the people who were in slave in the country. During the civil war, he lobbied with Abraham Lincoln for the recruitment of colored citizens. The archive to have his beave
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
As the president of the freedom center, i am pleased to welcome you to this treasure in our nations life having to do with teaching and promoting and advocating for freedom. Museum is tof this reveal the stories of freedoms heroes from the era of the underground railroad up to contemporary times, challenging and inspiring everyone to take courageous steps for freedom today. In short, our mission is to champion freedom so all people everywhere shall and will live free. 2004 ineum opened in this building. The initiative to create the museum started in 1994 as a project of the local chapter of the National Conference of christians and jews who were celebrating the 50th anniversary. They asked themselves what they could do to memorialize cincinnatis great role in promoting the cause of the , freedom,d railroad and the abolition of slavery. They came up with this beautiful concept called the National Underground Railroad Freedom center. The underground railroad was a network of African Amer
Part of the exhibition is discussing several notable abolitionists. Very important people to the time. Here, we talk about frederick douglass. He was one of the most recognized africanamericans in the country at this 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, for all the people who were enslaved in the country. Even during the civil war, he lobbied with Abraham Lincoln for the recruitment of colored citizens in the war. 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 photos. Douglass Harriet Beecher stowe is another abolitionist. Harriet Beecher Stowe was the woman who wrote the famous book titled uncle toms cabin. She gained her inspiration for the book while living in cincinnati, ohio, so we have a close local
Thanks for visiting the Frontier Cultural Museum today. We are open 362 days a year. We would love to see you out here. Please come to visit us in stanton, virginia. This is the second of a twopart series on the frontier culture museum. Part one explored daily life in europe for migrants before they came to colonial america. You can watch this and other american artifacts programs anytime by visiting our website at cspan. Org history. This monday on the new series, landmark cases, by the 1850s, the river had become a breeding ground. To address the problem, louisiana allowed only one Carly Fiorina older life signing. These interviews with nonfiction officers others. Book being nixon, and sunday night at 9 00, former missouri senator an episcopalian priest on how he thinks a sense of religion can lead the country out of the current and politics. On American History tv on cspan3. On espionageian and intelligence gathering tactics during the civil war. Historical documents exist. Sunday m