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Freedom's Coming: Performance by Kwelismith

Object Details

Creator: Anacostia Museum

Scope and Contents: To introduce the exhibition 'Before Freedom Came: African American Life in the Antebellum South,' performance artist Kwelismith portrayed Harriet Tubman on the Underground Railroad in a performance titled 'Freedom's Coming.' Question and answered session followed the performances.; Performance. Related to exhibition 'Before Freedom Came: African American Life in the Antebellum South.' AV002209: first performance. AV002210: second performance. Dated 19931204.

Date: 1993

Extent: 2 Video recordings (VHS)

Type: Archival materials; Video recordings

Topic: African Americans; Underground Railroad; Slavery; Fugitive slaves

Place: Anacostia (Washington, D.C.); Washington (D.C.); United States

Series Citation: Before freedom came: African American life in the antebellum South audiovisual records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier: ACMA.03-032, Item ACMA AV002209

Local Numbers: ACMA AV002210

Related Content

1 result(s)

Before freedom came: African American life in the antebellum South exhibition records

Date

undated

Extent

2.42 Linear feet (3 boxes)

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Correspondence

Photographic prints

Color slides

Exhibition records

Contact sheets

Brochures

Topic

Plantation life -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century -- Exhibitions

Museum exhibits

Place

Southern States

Identifier

ACMA.03-032