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00:45Traitors- Black Abolitionists & Underground Railroad
by Gist of Freedom in Culture
Tags: black abolitionist benjamin quarles studies underground railroad traitors abolitionists book black abolitionists black studies lesley gist black history podcast blog freedom black history blog
Dating from its origin, the Negro press printed the names of black informants,Freedom's Journal listing those of Moses Smith, formerly of Baltimore, and Nathan Gooms of New York, in its issue of November 7, 1828. The mere appearance of these names in the columns of the weekly was a sufficient deterrent to die other informers whose identity the editors threatened to reveal. When Martin R, Delany was editor of The Black Underground Dr. Martin R. Delaney, founder of the Pittsburgh Myster
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William Still 1- Book Reading - Underground Railroad
by The Gist of Freedom in Education
Tags: william still audio book peter gist peter still william still seth Underground railroad book William Still Audio William Still underground audio lesley gist black history blog podcast freedom
The Gist of Freedom is pleased to present to you the reading of William Still's Underground Railroad, 1871! William Still was the Black abolitionist from Philadelphia who was described by the New York Times as "The Father of the Underground Railroad". He commissioned Harriet Tubman's rescue missions. This famous abolitionist literally wrote theUnderground Railroad book. The book which explained the story, narratives often in the words of the participants in the effort to escape slavery. This first reading of William Still's Book The Underground railroad, will recount the story of his reunion with his long lost enslaved brother Peter Still, formerly known as Peter Gist. It also tells the story of Peter's very own John Brown like martyr, Seth Conklin. Still also campaigned to end the racial discrimination in Philadelphia. In 1859 he organized the effort to end black exclusion from Philadelphia streetcars. This campaign was described in Still’s first publication, Struggle for the Civil Rights of the Coloured People of Philadelphia in the City Railway Cars in 1867.
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Book Reading: Underground Railroad~ Shoot Out Wesley Harris
by The Gist of Freedom in Education
Tags: William still audio wesley Harris shoot out underground Railroad william still gunfight gunfight shoot out slaves wesley william still gunfight audio runaway lesley leslie gist black history blog university
The Gist of Freedom is pleased to present you the William Still Underground Railroad book reading… Part 3~ The Shoot out of Wesley Harris and the Matterson Brothers! and The Penniless Former Slave-holder: James Mercer, William H. Gilliam and John Clayton. The young aspirants for liberty were betrayed, and in an attempt made to capture them a most bloody conflict ensued. Both fugitives and pursuers were the recipients of severe wounds from gun shots, and other weapons used in the contest.
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Black Underground Railroad Towns and Christiana Rescue- PA.
by The Gist of Freedom in Education
Tags: john L lawlor moses honner fugitive slave law fugitive slave law django burns shadrach price african american studies fugitive slave django black history underground railroad pennsylvania lesley gist black history blog podcast freedom
Join The Gist of Freedom as we welcome Professor John L. Lawlor! John will discuss the Fugitive Slave Law, legal case of Moses Honer. The Revised Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 deputized and paid any person in the U.S. for the sole purpose of enslaving any Free Black Person they presumed to be a self-emancipated (fugitive). Moreover, the law punished any person involved with assisting the self-emancipated African American. Prior to 1850, Slavers were mandated to obtain a warrant, there
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Seminoles And The Underground Railroad -Linda Cousins Newton
by The Gist of Freedom in Education
Tags: linda cousins newton underground railroad native linda cousins newton reenactor storyteller nyc seminoles underground railroad black history seminoles underground railroad linda cousins lesley gist black history blog podcast freedom
Join The Gist of Freedom and Host Preston Washington as we welcome Historian Linda Cousins-Newton. Join us in NYC at The www.MalcolmXfilmFestival.com Mrs. Newton will be discussing her book, FREE GLOBALLY! - The International Underground Railroad, and her work as an historian, reenactor, and ancestral storyteller on the lives of the great Black Seminoles (who ushered the international underground rr to varied global spots).
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Black Blood Banks... Prisons? Furquan Stafford
by The Gist of Freedom in Education
Tags: Furquan Stafford blood banks foster black history blood banks drew inmate prison blood bank donors african american studies underground railroad lesley leslie gist black history blog university
Join The Gist of Freedom as we welcome Furquan Stafford an expert on the history of blood banks
"Inmate blood donors are offered minimal incentives of eighteen (18) days credit per a blood donation every eight (8) weeks, which is the time needed for an individual to fully recover between blood donations. - ---during the 1980s, while President Clinton was still governor, inmates would regularly cross the prison hospital's threshold to give blood, lured by the prospect of receiving $7 a pint
Dr. Charles Richard Drew, The Inventor Of Today's Blood Bank! broke barriers in a racially divided America to become one of the most important scientists of the 20th century. His pioneering research and systematic developments in the use and preservation of blood plasma during World War II not only saved thousands of lives, but innovated the nation’s blood banking process and standardized procedures for long-term blood preservation and storage techniques adapted by the American Red Cross. Ironically, the Red Cross excluded African Americans from donating blood, making Drew himself ineligible to participate in the very program he established. That policy was later modified to accept donations from blacks, however the institution upheld racial segregation of blood, which throughout the wa&
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Underground Railroad Canadian Tours` Lezlie Wells Harper
by Gist of Freedom in Culture
Tags: Underground Railroad tours canada lezlie wells harper underground Niagara Bound Niagara Bound Tours canada harriet tubman black black african american canada history tubman lesley gist black history blog podcast freedom
Click and Listen to Lezlie wells Harper, owner operator of Niagara Bound Tours Company located in Canada- Tonight on The Gist of Freedom with host Preston Washington! WWW.BlogTalkRadio.com/BLackHISTORY NBT is an attraction tour company established in 2004 in the Niagara region that specializes in quality, customized, early Canadian Black history attraction tours (Underground Railroad era) known as “The Crossing Point Tour”. Our goal is to provide our clie
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Bold Strike For Freedom! Commandeered Arsenal 6.16.13
by Gist of Freedom in Culture
Tags: Barnaby Grigsby wife Mary Elizabeth underground Grigsby escape underground railroad runaway william still grigsby erik estep book black history african america studies lesley leslie gist black history blog university
Click to Listen To The Gist of Freedom tonight at 8pm On Christmas Eve 1855, Barnaby Grigsby and his Mary Elizabeth, took the slaver's best team of horses and his carriage, packed it knives and guns, and fled slavery. Grigsby and Elizabeth were married. Tonight on The Gist of Freedom join us as Historian Erik Estep talks with host Preston Washington about the courageous "Runaway Slaves" chronicled in William Still's book, The Underground Railroad. William Still was the Black abolitionist from Philadelphia who was described by the New York Times as "The Father of the Underground Railroad". He commissioned Harriet Tubman's rescue missions. This famous abolitionist literally wrote the Underground Railroad book. The book which explained the story, narratives often in the words of the participants in the effort to escape slavery. It provided intimate detail on the workings of conductors like himself but it also provided numerous letters and testimonials from fugitive slaves to Still either requesting assistance or thanking him for his efforts. Even today, The Underground Railroad remains a major source for understanding thi
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Bold Strike For Freedom! Commandeered Arsenal 6.16.13
by The Gist of Freedom in Education
Tags: Bold Strike underground Gist Still Estep Grigsby wife runaway escape Underground Guns African American studies black history books escapes slavery weapons still grisby lesley leslie gist black history blog university
Click to Listen To The Gist of Freedom is pleased to present to you "The Bold Strike For Freedom" an excerpt from William Still's Book, The Underground Railroad with guest Erik Estep! On Christmas Eve 1855, Barnaby Grigsby and his Mary Elizabeth, took the slaver's best team of horses and his carriage, packed it knives and guns, and fled slavery. Grigsby and Elizabeth were married. William Still was the Black abolitionist from Philadelphia who was described by the New York Times as "The Father of the Underground Railroad". He commissioned Harriet Tubman's rescue missions. This famous abolitionist literally wrote the Underground Railroad book. The book which explained the story, narratives often in the words of the participants in the effort to escape slavery.
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Buy Black APP, "Around The Way"
by The Gist of Freedom in Education
Tags: janine hausif around the way app buy black app around the way around the way booker Marcus garvey around the way app lesley leslie gist black history blog university
Join The Gist of Freedom at www.blackhistoryBlog.com as we welcome Janine Hausif, the Around The Way App creator with host Preston Washington!Janine's app, uses smartphone's GPS to locate Black-Owned Businesses within a defined radius of the user's location. Janine, 29, forged a 15-month exclusive partnership last January with the U.S. Black Chamber Inc. which will offer its 240,000 members premium listings beginning this spring.
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Black Indians, Author & Historian William Katz
by The Gist of Freedom in Education
Tags: william katz black indians carmen robles mexican american war afro war mexico underground railroad black african american studies riots tulsa watts lesley gist black history blog podcast freedom
Join The Gist of Freedom as we welcome Historian and Author, William Katz. Mr. Katz will discuss his latest book Black Indians and the Afro Mexicans in who fought in the Mexican American War like Colonel Carmen Amelia Robles. Mexico, what is now known as Texas was a safe haven for escaping enslaved Africans from America.
Learn More about William L Katz's 40 books at http://williamlkatz.com!
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Drapetomania- Slave Disease , Called Freedom!
by Gist of Freedom in Culture
Tags: william katz breaking the chains drapetomania drapetomania slave disease freedom runaway underground Railroad drapetomania cartwright black african american studies riots tulsa watts lesley leslie gist black history blog university
Courageous Freedom Seekers were said to have contracted a disease... Drapetomania! Drapetomania was a purported mental illness that caused enslaved black to flee captivity, described by American doctor Samuel Cartwright, in 1851. -------- Click & Listen to William Katz, author "Breaking The Chains" Thursday at 8pm WWW.BlogTalkRadio.com/BlackHistory -------- According to Cartwright, the illness resulted from masters who “made themselves too familiar with [slaves], treating them as equals” and prescribed “whipping the devil out of them” as a “preventative measure.” In his work, Diseases and Peculiarities of the Negro Race, Cartwright’s justification for drapetomania is primarily Biblical, citing the idea that slaves must obey their masters. The title of the exhibition is taken from an article in the monthly Southern journal entitled The Georgia Blister and Critic, v. 1, #7 (Sept. 1854), p. 156 (exhibit #20). The journal dealt with the “diseases and physical peculiarities of the Negro race.” In the article, the word drapetomania was created by the noted Louisiana surgeon and psychologist Dr. Samuel A. Cartwright by combining the Greek words for runaway slave andmad or crazy. It was used to describe the mental disease that “induces the negro to run away from service, [and] is as much a disease of the mind as any other species of mental alienation, and much more curable, as a general rule.” Click & Listen Thursday @ 8pm ~ William Katz?, author, Breaking The Chains!"
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