Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad

FAIN: ES-293634-23

Colgate University (Hamilton, NY 13346-1338)
Graham Russell Hodges (Project Director: January 2023 to present)

A three-week, residential institute for 25 middle and high school teachers on the history of abolitionism and the Underground Railroad.

Colgate University proposes a three-week summer institute from July 7-26, 2024, on Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad (UGRR) in North America from the colonial era through the Civil War. This request builds upon the experiences and lessons of eight previous such institutes and seminars conducted by Graham Hodges, director of this proposed institute, between 2008-2022. This institute will bring together 25 middle and high school teachers with Hodges, Dr. Jacqueline Simmons, Senior Lecturer and Vice-Chair at Teachers College/Columbia University as pedagogy leader. In addition to her valuable contribution to the 2022 institute, Simmons has co-directed two successful NEH Summer Institutes for Teachers on Slavery in the Colonial North. The institute will feature ten distinguished guest lecturers, and five site hosts.