While the most important historiographical texts for this project include Stanley Campbell’s The Slave Catchers (1970), Stanley Harrold’s Border War (2010) and Richard Blackett’s The Captive’s Quest for Freedom (2018), these works are not discussed here in detail, but will each be the subject of future posts. He won a 2012 leadership award from the Underground Railroad Free Press.Before I begin researching and writing in earnest, it is important that I consult the voluminous literature on the Underground Railroad. His association’s work has included the restoration, with SUNY Plattsburgh students, of a barn in Peru, Clinton County, where fugitives were hidden, and the establishment of the North Star Underground Railroad Museum. She has consulted for the National Park Service and for the Smithsonian and other museums.Īlso speaking is Don Papson, co-founder and past president of the North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association and co-author of “Secret Lives of the Underground Railroad” in New York City. The author of “Free Black Communities” and the “Underground Railroad: The Geography of Resistance,” she has researched the landscapes of 18th- and 19th-century free black communities, churches, cemeteries and institutions in the U.S. LaRoche, an archaeologist and American studies professor at the University of Maryland in College Park. In addition, several Northup descendants will be in attendance to offer reflections and stories. Skidmore College is hosting this year’s celebration, featuring talks by noted scholars and a musical presentation.
The story of Solomon Northup, an African-American local citizen abducted into slavery in 1841 and transported to Louisiana, is now known internationally thanks to the acclaimed 2013 film based on his autobiography, “Twelve Years a Slave.”īut a grassroots effort to raise awareness of this compelling story has been going on for nearly 20 years, in particular through the annual Solomon Northup Day launched in 1999 by Skidmore College graduate Renee Moore, a project and community outreach coordinator.
in Filene Recital Hall at Skidmore College. SARATOGA SPRINGS > The 17th annual Solomon Northup Day will take place Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.
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