Program goals – increase the awareness of antebellum enslavement in Kentucky and Southern Indiana and its impact on Africans and African Americans during the mid 1800’s.
Author symposiums:
Create a publishable story
Elements of a good story
Genealogy and documentation
Readings and lecture
Research and the facts
Storytelling
Freedom Quilt: A free verse storytelling, created and passed from one enslaved daughter to another
The making of the Freedom Quilt: fabric art show-and-tell – short DVD
Genealogical Search: Lecture with 30-minute DVD: In Search of My Ancestors from Kentucky to the Nigerian Slave Market, and back to Kentucky
Kentucky Hemp Farming: the history of hemp farming in Kentucky
Slave Life on the Plantation: discussion using pictures, period props, and storytelling
Teacher’s Professional Training: Teaching the history of slaver
Underground Railroad Tour: Northern Kentucky and Southern Indiana – 1-5 days