Monday

We Who Believe In Freedom Cannot Rest

LEAVING MINNESOTA |

What are you leaving behind? What are you willing to bring back with you when you return home?

As we leave home, take in the words of Ella's Song by Sweet Honey in the Rock. We are leaving Minnesota to explore the legacy of freedom building and use this legacy to determine how we too can freedom build for ourselves and our communities.

Ancestor Eliza Winston

Examine articles and view this video about Eliza Winston; feel free to find your own resources as well. Consider her struggle for freedom in our state of Minnesota. In what ways is Ancestor Eliza Winston a case study for defining freedom?

Reflection Questions:

How did Minnesota benefit from slavery? Did Minnesota have a slave economy?

What did Eliza Winston want? How did she define freedom for herself?

How did the Minnesota abolistionist define freedom?

Can an abolitionist movement be harmful to the people the movement seeks to free? In what ways?

Why was Liberia important to Eliza Winston's story?