Friends of Abolitionist Place

@227Place

227 Abolitionist Place was owned by Harriet and Thomas Truesdell in the 1850s and Mama Joy in the 2000s. We work to carry forward their legacy of Abolitionism.

227 Duffield, Brooklyn, NY facebook.com/friendsofaboli… Joined February 2021

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Friends of Abolitionist Place @227Place Sep 26, 2021

.@DowntownBklyn history deserves some love.

Thank you @MyrtleAveBklyn.

Raul Rothblatt @rauldougou Sep 26, 2021

.@MyrtleAveBklyn published this essential article about African-American education in Brooklyn. It shows yet again the unrecognized importance of @DowntownBklyn to American education history.

myrtleavenue.org/colored-school…
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Friends of Abolitionist Place @227Place Jun 24, 2021

Mullaly Park had been named for a man indicted for inciting 1863 Draft Riot that killed 100+ Black people.

It was renamed after Reverend Wendell Foster, a civil rights activist & 1st Bronx African American elected official.
HT @BCEQ & @AlanJSinger1
dailykos.com/stories/2021/6…

Friends of Abolitionist Place @227Place Feb 24, 2021

.@TheDoeFund writes beautifully about Lifting As We Climb, which exemplifies the spirit of the Truesdells and the Aboltionists of @DowntownBklyn.

#BlackMonumentsMatter
#BlackLivesMatter
#Blackhistorymonth

blog.doe.org/4339