The exhibit "Seeking Freedom in 19th-Century America" was developed from the resources and collections of The Newton History Museum at the Jackson Homestead and displayed at the museum from 2004 to 2006.
The Jackson Homestead is a documented site on the Underground Railroad. Here you can find a permanent exhibit on abolition, anti-slavery activity, and the Underground Railroad. The museum offers tours and programs for individuals and groups.
For further study on these subjects see our list of resources, which includes multi-media materials, Web sites, and books for adults and children.
Exhibit Development: Sheila Sibley, Curator of Objects and Education
Research: Sheila Sibley, Curator of Objects and Education; Susan Abele, Curator of Manuscripts and Photographs; Kathy Grover, independent scholar; Susan Bowditch, independent scholar; Jim Gindlesperger, independent scholar; Elizabeth Marzouli, Reference Archivist, Massachusetts Archives; Sara Goldberg, Curator of Manuscripts and Photographs (2021 Update); Cynthia Cowan Anne Larner Educator (2021 Update); Marya Van't Hul, Collections Manager (2021 Update)
Exhibit Planning Committee: Sheila Sibley, Curator of Objects and Education; David Olson, Director; Kenneth Greenberg, History Department Chair, Suffolk University; Beverly Morgan-Welch, Director, Museum of Afro-American History; Stephen Oliver, Exhbition Designer
Collections Donors: AFRITERRA Foundation, www.afriterra.org; Virginia Gray; Laura B. Fewkes; Florence Bacon; Stanley M. Kingsbury; Eleanor F. Kingsbury; Rev. Howard Haywood and Karen Haywood; Helen Cobb
Exhibit Design: Stephen Oliver
Web Exhibit Design and Creation: David DeJean; Cynthia Cowan, Anne Larner Educator (2021 update)
Editorial Assistance: Thelma Fleishman; Sheila Donahue; Charles Donahue; Gary Tarnowski; Eleanor Mish
Exhibit Construction and Installation: Sheila Sibley, Curator of Objects and Education; Susan Abele, Curator of Manuscripts and Photographs; David Olson, Director; Stephen Oliver, Exhibition Designer
Graphic and Image Design: David Olson, Director; Stephen Oliver, Exhibition Designer; Deborah Drummond; Cynthia Cowan, Anne Larner Educator (2021 Update)
Image and Information Resources: Ohio Historical Society; The Bostonian Society; Massachusetts Historical Society; Myrtle Baptist Church; Archives of Maryland Online; Maryland State Archives; Maryland Historical Society, Maryland Memory Projects; Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress; The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record; Africa Focus, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Historic Millburn Community Association, Inc.; U.S. National Archives and Records Administration; U.S. Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy; Black Sailors Research Project, Howard University; Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service; Boston Public Library via Digital Commonwealth; The Haywood Family