[Slavery] is a blot on our national character, and every real lover of freedom, confidently hopes that it will be effectually, though it must be gradually, wiped away; and earnestly looks for the means, by which this necessary object may best be attained. –Quoted in Timothy S. Huebner article, JAH June 2010
Dickinson & Slavery
Featured Exhibit —Dred Scott Decision and Its Bitter Legacy (Google Arts)
Freedom Suit Quilt
Courtesy of Lea VanderVelde