February is not the only month to discover Black history. During Women's History Month discover the lives of three Black women that risked all to be free.
Description: This study tour will focus on three special women. The first will be Harriet Jacobs (1813- 1897), fugitive slave, writer, and abolitionist. She penned “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl which depicts her early life and time spent living in the attic of her grandmother while on the run. Josephine Napoleon Leary (1856 – 1923), a remarkable woman who was born in slavery and became a successful entrepreneur. And, lastly, Lydia (circa 1829). Her case considered by legal historians, State v, Mann 13 N.C. 263 (1829) to be the law’s starkest, most cruel justification of the violence at the heart of the slave labor system. Lydia had a highway marker unveiled a few years ago in her honor.
During this study tour you will also take the walking tour which highlights 18th, 19th and 20th Century African American businesses and churches in Edenton, North Carolina which includes including the Josephine Leary Building and the Kadesh A.M.E. Zion Church. We will visit the Dismal Swamp for robust book discussions featuring these remarkable women.
The Study tour will also include transportation from Raleigh to Edenton, lunch, afternoon refreshments, dinner, entry into the Penelope Barker Home and the 1886 Roanoke River Lighthouse will be available for viewing. Edenton once served as North Carolina’s Colonial capital. It has a treasure host of restored Victorian homes and a wonderful day trip from Raleigh.
