William Seward gave Harriet a house on the outskirts of Auburn, NY where eventually she purchased the land from him and later on purchased from auction the 25 acres surrounding her buildings and land. The original structure she lived in was demolished, but these other buildings remain.
The brick two story building is the original building her brothers and father helped to build. She brought her whole family down from Canada to live in Auburn.
This house was built after the two story home and was built for Harriet to take care of elderly people. You can't take pictures of the inside, but it is furnished with items she used that were given to the home by her family who also still live in the Auburn area. R9 was especially taken with Harriet's beautiful treadle Singer sewing machine. It was a really nice looking machine! We saw a butter churn, an icebox, and other things from a slice of life very different from the Sewards! Very neat stuff in there.
This is a cool poster of the homes that were Underground Railroad stations in the Fingerlakes Region of NY. I'm excited to receive a full map of NY state with the UGRR stops from The Seward House. They are sending their materials plus the cool map!
And as a teaser...I just found out about another field trip we will take. Check this out. The online exhibition is here if you'd like to see it. If you look at the second painting in the exhibit, you'll see William Seward. He is at the table sitting to Lincoln's left right in front. After we go, I will blog on this one too.
"I love it when a plan comes together! " - Hannibel (of the A Team)
6 comments:
So jealous! My daughter would love to visit Harriet Tubman's home. What kind of multi-media report do you have your daughter do?
Ha Kisha! I have little idea, but it will happen. I'm considering video if they want. I'll let you know what they decide.
I'd love to hear which books you've found for Ms. Tubman as we just finished The Courage to Run (her childhood) and I imagine my 9 yo dd would enjoy reading more on Ms. Tubman's life after slavery.
Thanks! Jill S
I remember Caitlin doing a report on Harriet...I love the history stuff. I enjoyed the learning right along with her.
Cool Jill! I will share our book list next. Good idea.
Oh, thank you! That would be a great field trip for us next year.
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