Susie King Taylor: The Pathway to Freedom and Education | Hermina Glass-Hill | 3:00-4:00 pm | Wednesday, May 17 | $10 for TLC Members /$15 for Guests

Born enslaved, Susie King Taylor learned to read and write at Savannah’s secret schools, escaped plantation slavery, joined U.S. Colored Troops, taught eager soldiers and other runaways in contraband camps, and authored history’s first eyewitness account of the Civil War from a woman’s perspective.

Hermina Glass-Hill is the founding director of the Susie King Taylor Women’s Institute and Ecology Center.  She has received the Governor’s Award for Arts and Humanities for preserving African-American history.

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This project is supported by Georgia Humanities, in partnership with the Georgia Department of Economic Development, through appropriations made by the Georgia General Assembly.