Join us at Rokeby Museum on Sunday, July 9 for the grand opening of our 2017 exhibit, Yours in the Cause: Faces of Radical Abolition. Thousands of Americans banded together to overthrow slavery in the decades before the Civil War, including the Robinsons of Rokeby and the abolitionists featured in this insightful exhibition that explores their ideas and actions.
Rarely seen historic photographs depict a small group of abolitionists, each with ties to the Robinsons as documented in letters, account books, broadsides, and other artifacts that are also on view. It’s your chance to meet some of the most principled and determined Americans you’ve probably never heard of.
These daguerreotypes, tintypes, and cartes de visite – the earliest forms of photography — are engaging on their own, as historic artifacts. Understood in the context of their time, they help us to see the origins and structure of the American protest movement.
Gallery talk with curator Jane Williamson 3:00 pm Sunday, July 9. Gallery talk included with museum admission.
Yours in the Cause: Faces of Radical Abolition will be open daily from 10-5 until July 9, 2017 - October 29, 2017.
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