Tuesday, October 20th from 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Dr. Jeanne Gillespie McDonald, Professor Emerita, Waubonsee Community College, will present her research on the many pathways to freedom in the Illinois antislavery movement. 

She will highlight Black, white, and Indigenous abolitionists, Underground Railroad activists, and antislavery voters across political parties with an emphasis on Central Illinois contributions.

Learn about the people, places, and practices in Illinois which defied state and federal Black laws, elected Abraham Lincoln, amended the U.S. Constitution to break the chains of the enslaved, and began the long journey to restore rights and recognition of free African Americans.

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