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Resources for Black History Month

Resources inspired by Daddy's Girl by Lisa Scottoline

In the LART (Law, Literature and the Arts) Collection, located on the 2nd floor of the law library, we have several books by Lisa Scottoline. One of her most recent, Daddy's Girl, tells the story of law professor Nan Greco's quest to solve the mystery behind the last words of a dying prison guard caught in a riot when Nan is teaching a class at the prison. Scottoline uses the Underground Railroad as part of a plot twist. From the author's website:

The idea for Daddy's Girl came from a long standing fascination Lisa has had with the Underground Railroad, which was very active in Chester County, Pennsylvania, found just over the Mason-Dixon Line. The "central route" or "Eastern Line" of the Underground Railroad began in Maryland and Delaware ran north through Chester County, and traveled farther to Norristown and then Philadelphia.

More resources on the Underground Railroad:
Underground Railroad Freedom Center: http://www.freedomcenter.org/
Underground Railroad Foundation: http://www.ugrrf.org/
Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia: http://www.cwurmuseum.org/
John Freeman Walls Historic Site and Underground Railroad Museum: http://www.undergroundrailroadmuseum.com/
Underground Railroad Flight to Freedom Program: http://www.the-ugrr.org/

More Resources:
NorthStar: Stories of Minnesota's Black Pioneers: http://www.tpt.org/northstar/Resources.html

Images of the Antislavery Movement in Massachusetts: http://www.masshist.org/online/abolition.cfm
Description:
The state of Massachusetts played a major role in the American antislavery movement, and for a number of decades, the epicenter of this movement was in Boston. The Massachusetts Historical Society created this website in order to highlight some of the visual materials from their collection that deal with this facet of American history. Visitors to the site can look over digital images of 840 items, which include paintings, sculptures, banners, and broadsides. Items featured within this archive include formal portraits of noted lawyer Wendell Phillips, abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, and Senator Charles Sumner. Additionally, visitors can also view a ticket to the 1857 Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society speech and a diagram of a plan for resisting the fugitive slave law.

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Full post as published by LexLibris on February 18, 2008 (boomark / email).