Exhibit: Agatha Babino’s Story: A Narrative of the Formerly Enslaved
Location
Free Parking at 212 Dallas Street.
Dates and Times
- Monday, Oct 7, 2024 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Tuesday, Oct 8, 2024 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Wednesday, Oct 9, 2024 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Thursday, Oct 10, 2024 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Friday, Oct 11, 2024 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Saturday, Oct 12, 2024 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Sunday, Oct 13, 2024 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Monday, Oct 14, 2024 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Tuesday, Oct 15, 2024 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Wednesday, Oct 16, 2024 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Thursday, Oct 17, 2024 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Friday, Oct 18, 2024 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
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Details
Survival in general was hard in the 1800s, and brutal if you were enslaved. This exhibit covers three critical periods of inhumanity and efforts toward humanity - slavery, emancipation, and reconstruction.
Visitors will discover what enslaved people endured based on the historical case of Agatha Babino’s published Slave Narrative in the Library of Congress.
What is a Slave Narrative? During the 1930s, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Writers' Project Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives, 1936-1938, collected over 2,300 interviews from formerly enslaved African Americans. Over 300 of these interviewees were taken from people living in Texas. The WPA narratives evidence the intention of formerly enslaved people to reconstruct and reshape their lives despite the hardships and challenges surrounding them.
When our visitors look into one person’s journey, we hope to inspire families to dig deep into their families’ journeys, discover the hardships and lifestyles their ancestors endured, and find out what brought their families to Texas. Why? Individuals and families will appreciate the present by viewing how oppression was real and why equality for everyone matters.
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