The Museum of African American History and the Beacon Hill Scholars present How the Abolition Cause Became a Movement featuring William Lloyd Garrison Scholar Horace Seldon and MAAH Executive Director Beverly Morgan-Welch

The Museum of African American History and the Beacon Hill Scholars present

How the Abolition Cause Became a Movement featuring William Lloyd Garrison Scholar Horace Seldon and MAAH Executive Director Beverly Morgan-Welch

Thursday | May 28, 2015 | 6:00pm

46 Joy Street | Beacon Hill | Free admission

Slavery began with Constitutional support, but Anti-Slavery Societies formed as early as 1818. The urgent need to end slavery became a public force through “People, Petitions, and Purpose” that turned abolition into a major force. Central to the cause was the north slope community behind the Massachusetts State House.

Join MAAH’s Beverly Morgan-Welch; Horace Seldon, who dedicated his life to ending racism since Dr. King was killed in 1968; and the Beacon Hill Scholars to learn how abolition became an international movement. Bring your insights and enrich the conversation.