Haverford College Exhibition Features Artifacts Documenting Slavery And Abolition

The exhibit pursues a number of themes, investigating, for example, the roles of literature, religion, education, and activism in the abolition movement. In particular, the exhibit foregrounds the experiences, perspectives, and actions of enslaved and formerly enslaved people like Phillis Wheatley and chooses to examine rather than ignore difficult topics such as “the white savior complex” in abolition. The exhibit aims to communicate the complex history of slavery and abolition with care and clarity to an audience on and beyond campus.