South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico & the Road to the Civil War
March 18, 2023 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Overview
March 18: 10am-11:30 & 2pm-3:30pm
March 18: 10am-11:30 & 2pm-3:30pm
Historian Alice Baumgartner tells the surprising story of the southern route to freedom in the US-Mexico borderlands, challenging and complicating many popular assumptions about the history of slavery in North America.
Tracing how Mexico’s abolition of slavery in 1837 and increasingly radical antislavery policies spurred on the growing crisis between the states north of the border, Baumgartner reorients our understanding of the American Civil War.
Though fewer in number than those who fled north on the Underground Railroad, the stories of those who fled south to freedom are no less important, providing a revelatory and necessary perspective on pre-Civil War America and beyond.
Alice Baumgartner is an assistant professor of history at the University of Southern California, where she teaches courses on 19th century North America.
Attendees can choose to attend this program in-person at the Minnesota History Center or virtually via Zoom.
South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico & the Road to the Civil War
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South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico & the Road to the Civil War345 W. Kellogg Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55102
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