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Before Freedom Came: Exhibition Tour to Elementary School Students

Object Details

Creator: Anacostia Museum

Scope and Contents: After reading a story about a little girl in Africa who was enslaved and taken to America, Robert Hall led a group of students on a tour of the exhibition 'Before Freedom Came: African American Life in the Antebellum South." Participating students attended Stanton Elementary School, 6th Grade; Af. Ctrd School, 3rd Grade; and Beginning Elementary School, 5th-6th Grade.; Exhibition tour. Related to exhibition 'Before Freedom Came: African American Life in the Antebellum South.' Dated 19931213.

Date: 1993

Extent: 1 Video recording (VHS)

Type: Archival materials; Video recordings

Topic: African Americans; Slavery; Fugitive slaves; Freedmen; Community museums; Museums and community; Education -- Museums; Museum exhibits

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

Citation: Before Freedom Came: Exhibition Tour to Elementary School Students, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier: ACMA.03-032, Item ACMA AV002163

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