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SUMMARY:In the Mist of the Storm: Oakland County’s  Antislavery and Abolit
 ionism Activism in the Nineteenth Century
LOCATION:26300 Evergreen Road Southfield\, MI 48076
DESCRIPTION:Oakland County was an important geographical destination for f
 reedom-seekers seeking assistance and refugee while traveling along the Un
 derground Railroad in Michigan. Professor Rochelle E. Danquah will lead a 
 conversation about the role county residents played to support the antisla
 very and abolitionist causes in the nineteenth century.\n\nDanquah is a me
 mber of the Michigan Freedom Trail Commission and was the past Director of
  Education for the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. S
 he has done extensive research on slavery\, resistance\, and Underground R
 ailroad activism in Michigan\, concentrating primarily on Oakland County a
 nd the surrounding areas. Currently\, she is completing a PhD in History a
 t Wayne State University and the collection material manager at Greenmead 
 Historical Village (Livonia\, MI).\n\n\nPresented in conjunction with June
 teenth celebration with the City of Southfield.  See more programs at www.
 cityofsouthfield.com.\n\nGenerously sponsored by the Friends of the Southf
 ield Public Library.
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