#UnderGroundRailroad
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🏙️🕯️ For nearly 200 years, an #EastVillage rowhouse at 29 East 4th Street kept a heroic secret hidden within its walls.
Historians recently confirmed that a narrow shaft hidden below built-in drawers was designed to hide freedom seekers on the #UndergroundRailroad. Built in 1832 by hatter Joseph Brewster, the site is a rare physical trace of the abolitionist movement in a pro-slavery era.
#architecture #building #discovery #furniture #history #house #manhattan #museum #newyork #nyc #news #slavery #tksst #video
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ON MY UNDERGROUND RAILROAD I NEVER RUN MY TRAIN OFF DE TRACK AND I NEVER LOST A PASSENGER.
SUR MON CHEMIN DE FER CLANDESTIN, JE N’AI JAMAIS FAIT DÉRAILLER MON TRAIN ET JE N’AI JAMAIS PERDU UN PASSAGER.
Harriet Tubman (≈ 1822 - 1913)
#HarrietTubman #march82026 #8mars2026 #undergroundrailroad #maroons #blackfeminism #freedom #abolitionist #20dollars #twentydollars #dollar #culturewar #guerreculturelle #pasteup #streetart
🏙️🕯️ For nearly 200 years, an #EastVillage rowhouse at 29 East 4th Street kept a heroic secret hidden within its walls.
Historians recently confirmed that a narrow shaft hidden below built-in drawers was designed to hide freedom seekers on the #UndergroundRailroad. Built in 1832 by hatter Joseph Brewster, the site is a rare physical trace of the abolitionist movement in a pro-slavery era.
#architecture #building #discovery #furniture #history #house #manhattan #museum #newyork #nyc #news #slavery #tksst #video
6230 (BE)
SUR MON CHEMIN DE FER CLANDESTIN, JE N’AI JAMAIS FAIT DÉRAILLER MON TRAIN ET JE N’AI JAMAIS PERDU UN PASSAGER.
Harriet Tubman (≈ 1822 - 1913)
#HarrietTubman #8mars2026 #undergroundrailroad #marronage #blackfeminism #liberte #abolitioniste #20dollars #twentydollars #dollar #guerreculturelle #collage #streetart
6230 (BE)
ON MY UNDERGROUND RAILROAD I NEVER RUN MY TRAIN OFF DE TRACK AND I NEVER LOST A PASSENGER.
Harriet Tubman (≈ 1822 - 1913)
#HarrietTubman #march82026 #undergroundrailroad #maroons #blackfeminism #freedom #abolitionist #20dollars #twentydollars #dollar #culturewar #pasteup #streetart
A fascinating thread from #HouseHistory to #FamilyHistory that’s tied up with the story of American #Abolitionism and the #UndergroundRailroad in New York.
Now fighting for preservation of the story.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/n...
In the East Village, Hiding in...
A perfect find for Black History Month
That hasn't been banned, has it, by #ExecutiveDisorder? #truth
https://bsky.app/profile/phillewis.bsky.social/post/3mekkpwkzek23
> A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
TRAVERSING CULTURAL LANDSCAPES THROUGH THE LIBRARIES
If you’re looking for an affordable way to explore in Waterloo Region this winter, look no farther than your local library. With diverse community programs at a variety of branch locations, there are plenty of opportunities to learn and meet new people. Each of the listed events below are free to attend, open to anyone and require advance registration.
The Region of Waterloo Library serves the residents of Wellesley, Woolwich, North Dumfries, and Wilmot with 12 branches. Below are five cultural events to add to your calendar.
Celebrate Black History Month with three short films centering Black stories and history from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), followed by a community discussion on Wednesday, Feb. 25 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Register for the Ayr Branch event online. Afterwards, learn about Waterloo Region’s connection to the Underground Railroad by reading about Buxton, Ontario.
Did you know that chess, formerly known as chaturanga, originated in India during the Gupta Empire in 600 CE? The strategic game’s playing pieces resembled components of the military and the game traversed the world through trading routes. Join a game every Tuesday and Saturday at the New Hamburg Branch and every Wednesday at the Baden Branch from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Hygge—pronounced “hoo-gah”—is perhaps one of Denmark’s most identifiable cultural exports. It is the notion of coziness and encompasses everything from the glow of a candle to spending time with good people. Head to the Breslau Branch on Tuesday, Feb. 10 for a night of Winter Hygge from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for ages 9 and up. Enjoy hot beverages, crafts and puzzles and good company.
Embracing winter weather is a feat for some and a joy for others. Cambridge resident and globally published freelance journalist Paul Gains will share his love of the Arctic’s snowy owls during a presentation at the Ayr Branch on Wednesday, Feb. 18 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Escape the cold and slip into a sunny state of mind without hopping on a plane. Chef Arielle is teaching a Roti and Trini Curry Masterclass at the Wilmot Recreation Complex on Tuesday, Feb. 24 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for ages nine and up.
The Cambridge Public Library (CPL), Waterloo Public Library (WPL) and Kitchener Public Library (KPL) offer a wide range of tools to rent out, some of which will help support your Waterloo Region (and beyond!) explorations. Visit their websites or branches in-person to borrow skates, snowshoes, trekking poles, wildlife kits, museum passes, or Grand River and Ontario Parks passes.
Learning a language is a phenomenal way to travel deeper. Start at home with free language classes, French reading buddies, or language circles in French, Chinese, Spanish and English at CPL, WPL and KPL branches.
Finally, if you’re looking for an activity that’s engaging for the whole family, the WPL is hosting The Great Family Geocache Challenge. Geocaching is an adventurous hobby where participants search for hidden objects based on other participants’ clues. It’s an excellent way to get outside, exercise your brain, and enjoy a new and free activity at home or elsewhere around the world.
Happy exploring!
#ayrBranch #Buxton #CambridgePublicLibrary #chess #Chinese #conversationCircles #culturalEvents #freeClasses #freeLanguageClasses #french #geocaching #hygge #KitchenerPublicLibrary #languageLearning #localActivities #NorthDumfries #RegionOfWaterlooLibrary #snowyOwls #taraMcandrew #theGreatFamilyGeocacheChallenge #TheGreatFamilyGeocachingChallenge #UndergroundRailroad #WaterlooPublicLibrary #weather #Wellesley #WinterHygge #Woolwich
ICYMI: Toronto's oldest Black institution — a small brick church founded by slaves who fled to Toronto though the Underground Railroad —celebrates 200 years
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/torontos-first-baptist-church-200-years-9.7071006
A Rebellion Poltergeist has to brief and debrief the sky; Darth Maul. #undergroundrailroad
Legendary abolitionist Harriet Tubman (left) with her family, New York, USA, 1887
‚The Underground Railroad‘ by Colson Whitehead | The Guardian
This genre-bending tale of escape from slavery in the American south contains extraordinary prose and uncomfortable home truths
Hype for the Future 39B: Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman, perhaps among the best-known historical figures associated with the Underground Railroad, is largely connected to the area around Cambridge, Maryland, and throughout Wicomico and surrounding counties. Located along the Eastern Shore, east of the Chesapeake Bay, the community around Cambridge is most highly renowned for the historical sites of Harriet Tubman and her legacy.
King Redbad has a crystal store in Leeuwarden... Is he collecting Zeta technology? Does he have a dimension four Fae companion yet? #magnafrisia #vivelaresistance #ealafryafresena #rebelalliance #darthmaul #undergroundrailroad #poltergeist
Today in Labor History November 9, 1851: Kentucky marshals abducted abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, under the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act. They took him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape. Fairbank was an activist on the Underground Railroad. He spent over 17 years in prison and was lashed 35,000 times. He was pardoned in 1864. He was believed to have helped at least 47 people escape slavery. Fairbank wrote a memoir in 1890 called “Rev. Calvin Fairbank During Slavery Times: How He "Fought the Good Fight" to Prepare "the Way." He died in near-poverty, in Angelica, New York, in 1898, at the age of 81.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #slavery #abolition #prison #racism #UndergroundRailroad #books #writer #author #books #memoir #biography @bookstadon
Colson Whitehead und die Poetik des Widerstands – Sklaverei, Rassismus und die Gegenwart https://www.lesering.de/id/4946508/Colson-Whitehead-und-die-Poetik-des-Widerstands---Sklaverei-Rassismus-und-die-Gegenwart/ #AfroamerikanischeLiteratur #PoetikdesWiderstands #UndergroundRailroad #ColsonWhitehead #TheNickelBoys #Geschichte #Erinnerung #Rassismus #Sklaverei #Kolumne #Kolumne #USA
Ohio’s History of Heroism Screens at Main Library - Hope Madden
#FilmTV #ChristinaPaolucci #documentary #entertainment #Film #HopeMadden #ohiofilmmakers #ohiohistory #RipleyGatewaytoFreedom #UndergroundRailroad
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