Hop into History: Guilford County, Slavery, and Freedom event --- this Thursday!

On Thursday, February 16 from 5pm until 7pm, archivists from UNCG, the Heritage Research Center at High Point Public Library, Wake Forest, and Guilford College will be at Gibb’s Hundred Brewing Company in Downtown Greensboro (117 W Lewis St) with a multimedia exhibit on the slavery era in North Carolina, with a focus on Guilford County.

Come learn about Harriet Peck, an inspiring abolitionist and teacher at New Garden Boarding School from 1837-1839. Speak with archivists about North Carolina Quaker attempts to legally provide freedom to slaves. See anti-slavery tracts, runaway slave ads, and more, while discovering history made personal by searching the Digital Library on American Slavery for relatives and more.

For more information on the event, please see: https://www.facebook.com/events/1595034490513445/. We hope to see you there!!