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Publisher: Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library "That Laboratory of Abolitionism, Libel, and Treason": Syracuse and the Underground Railroad 
 This exhibit explores the role of Syracuse, New York, in the Underground Railroad, the system that helped African American slaves escape to freedom. "Syracuse served as an important station along this freedom trail because of its central location on the Erie Canal and its associated waterways and travel routes." Includes digitized historical documents, maps and charts, and images of local abolitionists and reformers. From the Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library. http://library.syr.edu/digital/exhibits/u/undergroundrr/ Topics: Black Resources, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jan 10, 2008 Radical Rebels: An Exhibition of Radical Children's Literature
"The selection of titles for this exhibition features biographies of radical activists, as well as the Young World Books series issued by International Publishers, an organ of the Communist Party of the United States of America. Also included are children's books with feminist, labor, multicultural, pacifist, and racial themes." Includes many digitized images of book covers. From the Special Collections Research Center of the Syracuse University Library. http://library.syr.edu/digital/exhibits/r/RadicalChildLit/ Topics: Children's Literature Last updated Jul 29, 2008 |
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