PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT

Quakers, African Americans, Antislavery, and the
Underground Railroad in the Mid-Atlantic Region
February 4, 2006
2-4 p.m.
No fee

In recent years, historians have found that a significant
number of Quakers, African Americans, and others in the
mid-Atlantic region were actively working to end slavery
through a variety of strategies and tactics. Their findings
shed new light on abolitionism and the coming of the civil
war. This informal conference will allow historians from
several states to collaborate further and discuss their
research and interpretations with the public. Presenters
will include Glenn Crothers, University of Louisville and
the Filson Historical Society; Christopher Densmore,
Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College; Deborah
Lee, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities; Jenny Masur,
National Park Service, National Underground Railroad
Network to Freedom Program; and Bronwen Souders, Waterford
Foundation. For further information, call Jenny Masur at
(202) 619-7136.

Thomas Balch Library in Leesburg, Virginia, is the sponsor
and location of the conference. The library is a research
facility in the National Park Service National Underground
Railroad Network to Freedom Program.

Thomas Balch Library
208 W. Market Street
Leesburg, Virginia 20176
Phone: (703) 737-7195
Website: http://www.leesburgva.gov/services/library/

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