The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women鈥檚 Rights
威尼斯人娱乐场 Museum
Online
From the perspective of three friends and neighbors in mid-19th-century Auburn, NY鈥攖he 鈥渁gitators鈥� of the title鈥�Dorothy Wickenden tells the fascinating stories of abolition, the Underground Railroad, the early women鈥檚 rights movement, and the Civil War. Harriet Tubman, one of the most important conductors on the Underground Railroad, hid the enslaved men, women, and children she rescued in the basement kitchens of her friends, Martha Wright and Frances Seward. Martha Wright was a Quaker mother of seven and organizer of women鈥檚 rights and abolitionist conventions with Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Frances Seward鈥攖he wife of Governor, then Senator, then Secretary of State William H. Seward鈥攇ave freedom-seekers money and referrals and aided in their education, while lobbying her husband on the need for immediate abolition.
All events listed in the calendar are free unless noted.