Join Dr. Marí\;a Hammack of The Ohio State University for a talk on Black women&rsquo\;s vital roles in the Un derground Railroad. Professor Hammack highlights the often-overlooked lead ership of Black women and the abolitionists who organized multiple routes to freedom&mdash\;guiding enslaved people not only through the United Stat es\, but also to liberation in Mexico. Step into the hidden world of resis tance\, courage\, and daring escape!
\nAbout the Presenter:< /strong>
\nDr. Marí\;a Esther Hammack is a Mexican scholar and public historian whose work bridges the histories of liberation and aboli tion that shaped the US\, Mexico\, and Canada. Her first book\, Channels o f Liberation: Freedom Fighters in the Age of Abolition\, reexamines the Un derground Railroad to reconsider &\; broaden the actors\, timelines\, a nd geographies of Black Liberation in North America through the experience s of Black Americans\, principally women\, who left the United States to c laim freedom in Mexican spaces.
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