that, we have photos that would've been circulated in northern newspapers to gain support for abolitionism. this is the photo here of a massive pay to slaves -- of emancipated slaves that would've been found in newspapers. the back parlor would have been more of a private parlor space where harriet would have spent time with her husband or her two daughters. they may be reading to each other. they may be playing the piano. it was more of a relaxation space than a formal entertaining space. when visitors come into this room, we don't allow them to touch anything or sit on any chairs, although we have reproduced the circular letter, which sometimes we will pass around. now that we have seen harriet's back parlor, we will go into a more private space, harriet's bedroom. we have a lot of items in this through him that give you a feel for what harriet's writing what theas like and aftermath of the publication of "uncle tom's cabin" was like for her. in terms of her process, you can see over here that harriet didn't have a dedicated writing space. we know that she would've been writing quite a b

that, we have photos that would've been circulated in northern newspapers to gain support for abolitionismthis is the photo here of a emancipated slaves that would've been found in newspapers. the back parlor would have been more of a private parlor space where harriet would have spent time with her husband or her two daughters. they may be reading to each other. they may be writing letters. they may be playing the piano. it was more of a relaxation space than a formal entertaining space. when visitors come into this room, we don't allow them to touch anything or sit on any chairs, although we have reproduced the circular letter, which sometimes we will pass around. now that we have seen harriet's back parlor, we will go into a more private space, harriet's bedroom. here we are. we have a lot of items in this through him that give you a feel for what harriet's writing process was like and what the aftermath of the publication of "uncle tom's cabin" was like for her. in terms of her process, you can see over here that harriet didn't have a dedicated writing space. we know that she would've

without the quakers and without other groups, they were epicenter of abolitionism.re many religious groups. who are in support of slavery, who were owners of enslaved asple, who could be just abusive and a new man as anyone else -- and inhumane as anyone else >. >> think very much. very enlightened. my challenges are to challenge the commission to challenge our president to make sure that this knowledge we are hearing in this room can be integrated into our school system. history. study our it is not being broken down to the common person so we can have it. i think that is something your commission can do to challenge the educational system of america. with a black president, his positive legacy. that we can have that available to every student in high school should we -- should be able to get a copy of the constitution and their hands with her family to have in their homes. and to interpret it in language that they can digest. to you. is my challenge i thank you so much for having this event. i hope you will have additional ones at the community level, at the libra

have photos that would have been circulated in northern newspapers to try to gain support for abolitionism, this is the photo here of emancipated slaves that would have been found in northern newspapers quite a bit after the fighttive slave raws passed. so the back parlor here would have been more of a private family space where harriet would have spent time with her husband and her two twin daughters living here. they may be reading to each other, they may be writing letters, they've may be playing the piano. but it was more of a relaxation space than a public, formal entertaining space. so when visitors come into the room we don't allow them to touch anything or sit on the chairs. although we have reproduced the circular letter which we'll pass around and show to visitors. now that we have seen here back parlor, we'll go into her bedroom. we have a lot of items in this room that give you feel for what harriet's writing process sass like and what the aftermath of the publication of "uncle tom's cabin" was like for her as well. so in terms of her writing process, you can see over here that

that, we have photos that would've been circulated in northern newspapers to gain support for abolitionism. this is the photo here of a massive pay to slaves -- of emancipated slaves that would've been found in newspapers. the back parlor would have been more of a private parlor space where harriet would have spent time with her husband or her two daughters. they may be reading to each other. they may be playing the piano. it was more of a relaxation space than a formal entertaining space. when visitors come into this room, we don't allow them to touch anything or sit on any chairs, although we have reproduced the circular letter, which sometimes we will pass around. now that we have seen harriet's back parlor, we will go into a more private space, harriet's bedroom. we have a lot of items in this through him that give you a feel for what harriet's writing process was like and what the aftermath of the publication of "uncle tom's cabin" was like for her. in terms of her process, you can see over here that harriet didn't have a dedicated writing space. we know that she would've been writing

we have photos that would've been circulated in northern newspapers to try to gain support for abolitionism. so, for example, this is a photo here of emancipated slaves that would've been found in northern newspapers quite a bit after the fugitive slave laws passed. so this would've been more of a private family space where she would've spent time with her husband and her twin daughters. they may be reading to each other. they may be writing letters. they may be playing the piano, but it was more of a relaxation space than a public formal entertaining space. so when visitors come into this room we don't allow them to touch anything or sit on any of the chairs. although we have reproduced a secular letter again which but sometimes will pass run and show to visitors. so now that we've seen her back bar we were going to be more private space, harriet's bedroom. here we are in harriet's bedroom. we have a lot of items in this room that give you a feel for what her writing process was like and what the aftermath of the publication of "uncle tom's cabin" look like far as well. in terms of her wri