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Conference Workshop Desriptions for 2003The Underground Railroad: Movement And Context WORKSHOPS Educators Workshop for Elementary Teachers Connecting the curriculum and kids to our past Three presenters, a classroom teacher, librarian, and a quilter, will explore presenting this topic to young people. Presenters: Jill McGrath, librarian, Radez School, Richmondville; Cathy Adams, teacher, Radez Elementary School; Pam Pratt, Radez Elementary School, quilter. [Workshop Session I] Educators Workshop for Middle and High School Educators Incorporating Underground Railroad Information into Middle and Highschool Curriculum This workshop will demonstrate lesson plans and give document examples on how to integrate the Underground Railroad into 7th and 8th grade social studies, 11th grade U. S. History, and 12th grade participation in government curriculums. Presenter: Mary Jane Zanelli, Social S tudies Educator, Colonie Central Schools [Workshop Session II] Educator’s Workshop for College Professors Researching the Underground Railroad in the Ohio-Kentucky Borderlands: Using Historical and Anthropological Approaches A description and demonstration of the application of historical and ethnographic research methods in documenting and interpreting the Margaret Garner (“Beloved”) story. A media presentation will serve to bring both the contemporary and historic networks of freedom seekers in the Ohio Valley into better focus for upstate New York residents. Presenter: Delores M. Walters, Ph. D., National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, Ohio and Northern Kentucky University Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Philosophy and the Institute for Freedom Studies [Workshop Session I] Harriet Tubman Foundation: A Journey The story of the Harriet Tubman Foundation Presenter: Ward DeWitt, Executive Director, The Harriet Tubman Home, Inc. [Workshop Session I]
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad: The Reality Behind the Myth Harriet Tubman has long been credited with bringing away as many as 300 enslaved people during nineteen trips to the South. Sarah Bradford, however, fabricated these numbers for her biography of Tubman, written in 1869. This workshop will examine the roots of this myth, and reveal what scholars now believe to be a more accurate accounting of Tubman’s forrays into Maryland to bring away family and friends. This workshop will also reveal some of the names and stories behind these trips, including the crucial support Albany’s anti-slavery community provided her; demonstrating that the reality of each escape, though fewer in number, is far more dramatic and compelling than the numbers suggest. Presenter: Kate Clifford Larson Ph.D. candidate, University of New Hampshire Affiliate, John Nicolas Brown Center for the Study of American Civilization, Brown University [Workshop Session I] Fugitive Slaves and Abolition Politics in the Black Atlantic World This workshop explores the impact that fugitive slaves and black abolitionists had on shaping the anti-slavery movement from an international perspective. Themes will include the rise of expatriate communities, the charismatic use of the lecture circuit, the revolutionary aspects of radical black theology and the rise of black colonization abroad. Presenter: Risa Fausette, Assistant Professor of History, College of Saint Rose [Workshop Session I] UGR Stories from a Storyteller Railroad to Freedom Story of the Underground Railroad as seen through the eyes of a Quaker farm wife from Washington County. Presenter: Nancy Marie Payne, Storyteller [Workshop Session I] The First Underground Railway: New York In The American Revolution During the American Revolution, the British offered freedom to slaves who would escape to the British lines in New York City and Canada. African Americans risked their lives to escape from their masters and arrive at both places. Presenter: Ted Corbett, Granville Heritage Society [Workshop Session I] Archeology’s Contribution to Uncovering UGR History: Tools and Analysis Albany has seen a boom in archeological research over the course of the past few years. But what, of any, contributions have been made towards an understanding of the Underground Railroad and other abolition movements of the 19th century? What potential does archeology hold, especially in examination of sites excavated in Albany, excavations and research in other New York cities, and possibilities of future work in and around Albany? Presenter: Matt Kirk, archeologist, Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc. [Workshop Session I] Black Loyalists: Slaves Who Escaped and Fought On The Side of the British During the revolutionary war British officers offered slaves their freedom if they fought on the side of the British. Presenter: Leon Van Dyke, Adjunct Professor, Africana Studies, The University at Albany [Workshop Session II] Primary Source Documentation: A Primer Finding and Interpreting Historical Threads and Patterns through Archival Research This workshop will discuss methods for locating primary and secondary documents including the use of local and regional collections. Examples of research from scholars who have used primary and secondary sources to re-construct stories of individuals and communities will be shared. Workshop participants are encouraged to share their steps in their own discovery and possibly create an active listserv to dialogue about their methods and discoveries. Presenters: Deborah M. LaFond, Social Sciences Bibliographer for Africana Studies, The University at Albany, and Karen L. Starr, Reference Librarian-Archival Assistant, Voorheesville Public Library [Workshop Session II] The Road to Freedom in the North Country: A 400 Year Journey “The Road to Freedom” is a dramatic historical reading of the 400 year struggle for freedom in the North Country of New York State. It is the story of the Native, African, and European American men and women who have led the struggle - from African guide Mathieu de Costa, Samuel De Champlain’s interpreter, and Mohawk Warrior Louis Cook, to Lemuel Haynes, Harriet Tubman, and Astronaut Michael P. Anderson. Presenters: Donald Papson, Author; Vivian Papson, President of the Red Hummingbird Foundation; and Rev. Fred Shaw, Pastor, Church of Christ, Elizabethtown [Workshop Session II & III] Using Genealogy to Uncover Underground Railroad History Learn how to research your ancestry and that of fugitives from slavery who passed through Albany. This course will offer basic genealogy techniques, and will cover such topics as the use of SSDI to locate and identify key individuals. The use of vital, military, and graveyard records will be addressed. The use of the internet to expand your research will be covered. Different types of census records, mortality, veterans, and slave schedules available will be discussed. Presenter: John Jones, Independent Investigator
[Workshop Session II] Documenting Underground Railroad Sites In The Capital Region Alleged and documented Underground Railroad Sites will be shown with accompanying information about their legend and individuals, if known, who operated the station. Many of these sites need further study, and the goal of the workshop is to interest teachers in learning more about these sites and using the information to develop class projects to investigate them. The workshop would encourage teachers to strive for the ultimate goal: obtaining enough documentation to apply for nomination to the National Historic Register. Presenter: Tom Calarco, researcher, author, and owner of Travels Thru History [Workshop Session II] Be It Resolved... In the period before the Civil War, abolitionists often gathered in conventions and meetings to protest slavery and plot strategy for anti-slavery agitation. At these conventions and gatherings a frequent feature was the passing of resolutions to express sentiment on specific issues. This workshop seeks to revive that practice for this conference program. Participants will craft a resolution to be offered later to the conference participants for passage consistent with the themes of the conference and the heritage of the abolition movement. Facilitators: Paul and Mary Liz Stewart [Workshop Session III] Integrating History and Art An Artist’s Interpretation of history using slides to show how historical data can become an inspiration and subject matter of an artist’s work. Presenter: Len Tantillo [Workshop Session II] Heaven and Peterboro “There are two places where slaveholders cannot live -- Heaven and Peterboro” - Henry Highland Garnet A Panel of people from Peterboro will present stories of African Americans who came there during the mid-1800s for a variety of reasons: a temporary stop, a permanent haven, education, employment, due to freedom purchased, or to work in the anti-slavery movement. Peterboro’s Abolition Hall of Fame and the site of the inaugural meeting of the New York Anti-Slavery Society in 1835 will be covered. The presentation will close with a look at the philanthropy of Gerrit Smith, the unusual person who made Peterboro a mecca for reform in the 19th century. Presenters: Donna Dorrance Burdick, Town of Smithfield Historia; Norman K. Dann, Ph. D., professor of Political Science, SUNY Morrisville and Vice President of the Smithfield Historical Association; Beth Dorrance Spokowsky, President of the Peterboro Area Historical Society, and member of the Madison County Freedom Trail Commission; Raul Huerta, DA candidate, the University at Albany and Staff Assistant for International and Commuter Student Services at SUNY Morrisville [Workshop Session III] “If they can meet with a man in a broadbrimed hat and Quaker coat...”: Quakers as part of the URR Network This workshop will explore the range of responses of the Society of Friends (Quakers) to anti-slavery; their participation in the Underground Railroad networks, their relations with African American communities; and the mythology and realities of the image of the “good Quaker” Presenter: Chris Densmore, Curator, Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College [Workshop Session III] Student Presentations “Albany: The Neglected Station on the Underground Railroad” by Brook Tarullo “The Transformation of Troy Abolitionism, 1830 to 1860: from Grassroots Consciousness to Public Culture” by Adrian Warnock-Graham [Workshop Session III] Preserving Your Heirlooms Lecture discussing the methods and reasons behind preservation techniques for photos, textiles, furniture, and archival material that people can do at home. Presenter: Lori A. Fisher, Curator of Collections, National Museum of Racing [Workshop Session III] African American History In The First Half of the 19th Century This workshop will focus on the lives of African Americans in the first half of the 19th century. This time was dominated by the reality of slavery. Black Abolitionism was also a feature of African American life. Presenter: Oscar Williams, Professor of Africana Studies, State University at Albany [Workshop Session I] Woman in the 19th Century This workshop will focus on filling in the gaps in American History with respect to women and 19th century female perspectives. Presenter: Jacqui Williams, Independent Researcher [Workshop Session I] Quilt: Medium for A Message? Presentation on quilts and quilters as preservers of African culture and expression of lives of enslaved Africans in the U. S. during the 18th and 19th centuries. Presenter: Patricia Murray, Macedonia Baptist Church Heritage Library [Workshop Session II] People of Courage, People of Hope, Seekers of Justice The story of the Underground Railroad in Albany and the surrounding region as presented in documentary sources. Stories of key people, events, institutions and fugitives who passed through the area will be discussed. Presenters: Paul and Mary Liz Stewart, Underground Railroad History Project [Workshop Session II] Preservation Issues - Buildings This workshop will address some of the issues that impact on preserving historical buildings that may be related to the Underground Railroad. What role do state “trail programs” play? What are the funding issues? What are the historic landmark issues? Presenter: Andrea LeSarski assisted by several key state agency personnel. [Workshop Session II]
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