Last updated: April 18, 2023
Place
Pennsylvania: House Divided Project at Dickinson College
Dickinson College
Quick Facts
Location:
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Significance:
The House Divided Project at Dickinson College was founded in 2005, focusing on slavery and the Underground Railroad in the 19th century
Designation:
Network to Freedom Member (2023)
The House Divided Project at Dickinson College is a wide-ranging multi-media effort spearheaded by faculty, staff, and students designed to bring key elements of the nineteenth-century American struggle over slavery to life for both classrooms and adult learners using a variety of twenty-first century resources. The Project is particularly focused on examining the history of the Underground Railroad, often working in partnership with the National Park Service Network to Freedom on digital projects such as the new Underground Railroad handbook and the Slave Stampedes on the Southern Borderlands initiatives.
The Project also hosts regular K-12 teacher training workshops, both in person and online, concerning the Underground Railroad and resistance to slavery. Founded in 2005, the House Divided Project also now hosts a special exhibit space on campus as well as offering public walking tours on Dickinson & Slavery, an exhibition that features the stories of several former freedom seekers and enslaved families who worked at Dickinson in the nineteenth century.
The National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom serves to honor, preserve, and promote the history of resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, which continues to inspire people worldwide. The Network currently represents over 700 locations in 39 states, plus Washington D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Through its mission, the Network to Freedom helps to advance the idea that all human beings embrace the right to self-determination and freedom from oppression.
The Project also hosts regular K-12 teacher training workshops, both in person and online, concerning the Underground Railroad and resistance to slavery. Founded in 2005, the House Divided Project also now hosts a special exhibit space on campus as well as offering public walking tours on Dickinson & Slavery, an exhibition that features the stories of several former freedom seekers and enslaved families who worked at Dickinson in the nineteenth century.
The National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom serves to honor, preserve, and promote the history of resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, which continues to inspire people worldwide. The Network currently represents over 700 locations in 39 states, plus Washington D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Through its mission, the Network to Freedom helps to advance the idea that all human beings embrace the right to self-determination and freedom from oppression.