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EXPLORE In Pursuit of Freedom

This public history project brings to life the stories of Brooklyn’s abolitionist and anti-slavery community through walking tours, interactive games and online lesson plans.

EXPLORE other NEH-funded projects

1910 painting by Edward Percy Moran of Battle of New Orleans
The War of 1812
Cultural Revolution poster
Children & Youth in History
Map of the Slave Population of the Southern States
Visualizing Emancipation
BackStory with the American History Guys
BackStory with the American History Guys
California 49er panning for gold
The Gold Rush
Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders, facing front
The Papers of Abraham Lincoln
frontispiece of King James Bible. 1611
Manifold Greatness: The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible
"The Problem We All Live With," Norman Rockwell, 1963
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross