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Sections in this exhibit:
Introduction
Explore the Map
York
York as Big Medicine
York, the Naturalist
Harriet Tubman
Tubman: a “Woman of Earth”
Tubman: “Raised like a neglected weed”⁶
Black Walden
Before Thoreau
Thoreau’s Neighbors
The Robbins House
Conclusion
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Tubman: “Raised like
a neglected weed
”⁶
Canal work and connections
Laura Brannan
4 min read
Black Walden
Dr. Travis Gallo
1 min read
Before Thoreau:
Formerly enslaved residents of Walden Woods before Thoreau’s experiment
Dr. Travis Gallo
4 min read
Thoreau’s Neighbors:
Contemporary African American influencers of Henry David Thoreau
Dr. Travis Gallo
2 min read
The Robbins House:
Antislavery, environmental justice, and Thoreau
Dr. Travis Gallo
4 min read
Conclusion
On suppressed and contested histories
Dr. Charles Chavis, Jr.
4 min read
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