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GERALD MARTINEAU FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
ROYAL GIFT:
Smithsonian
personnel unwrap
a beige silk and
GERALD MARTINEAU FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
linen shawl given
SAYING GOODBYE: Harriet Tubman was laid to rest in 1913. Wednesday was the 97th anniversary of to Harriet Tubman
the death of the antislavery activist who worked as a spy and nurse for the Union Army. by Queen Victoria.
The former slave
was born on
Museum gets Tubman’s
Maryland’s
Eastern Shore
around 1820.
hymnal and photos
tubman from C1 been willed the materials. “Then
I prayed and put them in a vault.
I was viewing material that I nev- Then I put them under my bed
er expected to see, material that and her spirit was with me.
few knew existed,” Bunch said. “I decided they belong here,”
Tubman’s is one of only a small Blockson said.
number of American names from His congressman, Robert A.
the slavery era that has not been Brady, chairman of the House Ad-
erased from history. Born on ministration Committee, hosted
Maryland’s Eastern Shore around the ceremony and spoke of the
1820, she escaped from slavery importance of physical remnants
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
and made at least 19 trips back of history. “With your contribu-
into slave territory to lead hun- tion, more people will see what’s
dreds of others to freedom. Dur- happening,” Brady said, noting
ing the Civil War, Tubman that the museum is well on its
Join us at the
worked as a spy and nurse for the way in terms of artifact collec-
Union Army and led a raid that tion.
freed more than 750 people. She The gift, Bunch said, gives a
was married twice and during personal dimension to the story
her later years devoted herself to
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
of slavery and freedom. “We have
work with the church and educa- some enslavement objects, such
tion groups, becoming a spokes-
woman for racial and women’s
“Each object in
as shackles,” he said, “but this is
one of the first personal stories.”
struggles.
this collection
The donation was made on the
Grand Opening
Blockson, a leading authority 97th anniversary of Tubman’s
on the Underground Railroad,
humbled us,
death; in tribute, Blockson asked
has collected slave narratives,
rare texts and thousands of arti-
excited us and
the audience to join hands and
sing the song her friends
facts related to black American
history. More than 20,000 of his
moved us to
hummed in her final hours. Then
LaFleur Paysour, the communica-
items were given to Temple Uni-
versity, now the home of the
tears.”
tions director for the museum
and a mezzo-soprano, led verses
Blockson Afro-American Collec- — Lonnie G. Bunch, director of the of “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.”
tion. It is a major repository with National Museum of African For a few minutes, the hearing
hundreds of thousands of items. American History and Culture room had a sanctified spirit.
“My ancestors escaped with
trescottj@washpost.com
Harriet Tubman,” Blockson told
the audience on Wednesday. The
artifacts came to him from Mari- See more artifacts from the
line Wilkins, a great grand-niece National Museum of African
of Tubman. “I was shocked,” said American History and Culture’s
Blockson, 76, when he was noti- Harriet Tubman collection at
fied a few years back that he had
washingtonpost.com/style.
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