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(BPRW) THE BLACK ARCHIVES WELCOMES ELAYSHA BAZIL AS NEW LEAD ARCHIVIST | Press releases

(BPRW) THE BLACK ARCHIVES WELCOMES ELAYSHA BAZIL AS NEW LEAD ARCHIVIST | Press releases

(BPRW) THE BLACK ARCHIVES WELCOMES ELAYSHA BAZIL AS NEW LEAD ARCHIVIST (Black PR Wire) Miami, FL – The Black Archives History & Research Foundation of South Florida, Inc., a photographic and manuscript archival research repository in a community setting dedicated to documenting the history of Black Miami from 1896 to the present, welcomes Elaysha Bazil […]

(BPRW) THE BLACK ARCHIVES WELCOMES ELAYSHA BAZIL AS NEW LEAD ARCHIVIST | Press releases

(BPRW) THE BLACK ARCHIVES WELCOMES ELAYSHA BAZIL AS NEW LEAD ARCHIVIST | Press releases

(BPRW) THE BLACK ARCHIVES WELCOMES ELAYSHA BAZIL AS NEW LEAD ARCHIVIST (Black PR Wire) Miami, FL – The Black Archives History & Research Foundation of South Florida, Inc., a photographic and manuscript archival research repository in a community setting dedicated to documenting the history of Black Miami from 1896 to the present, welcomes Elaysha Bazil […]

Archivist Discovered Sojourner Truth’s 1828 Court Records from Historic Case Where She Sued for Her Son’s Freedom From Enslavement and Won

Archivist Discovered Sojourner Truth’s 1828 Court Records from Historic Case Where She Sued for Her Son’s Freedom From Enslavement and Won

The New York State Archives has found court records almost 200-years-old that details abolitionist Sojourner Truth’s legal battle for her enslaved son’s freedom. In February, archivists found the 1828 documents detailing Truth’s fight to free her youngest son, Peter, in New York. The court records included a complete court proceeding that shows the abolitionist’s case against […]