The fifth annual Abolitionists Day will be held as a Zoom event on April 10 at 4 p.m. To be put on a list to get an invitation to tis event, please send an email to info@thaddeusstevenssociety.com
Abolitionists Day has been held annually since 2017, showcasing abolitionists who helped to free the enslaved and destroy one of the world’s worst slave empires. This year a video collage of scenes from past Abolitionists Day reenactments will be presented. There will be a question and answer session via Zoom following the video. All are welcome.
Dr. Scott hancock of Gettysburg College and Ross Hetrick of the Thaddeus Stevens Society will be present to put the vignettes into historicall context. Abolitionists featured include Harriet Tubman, Thaddeus Stevens, William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth va Lew, Mary Bowser, James McAllister, William Reynolds, Daniel Alexander Payne, Sojourner Truth and Anna Dickinson.
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Email: info@thaddeusstevenssociety.com
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