Visiting Author – Gail Shaffer Blankenau – Journey to Freedom: Uncovering the Grayson Sisters’ Escape from Nebraska Territory
On Tuesday, March 26th we will be joined by author Gail Shaffer Blankenau! She will be discussing her book Journey to Freedom, the first detailed history of Black enslavement in Nebraska Territory published by Bison Books of the University of Nebraska Press. About the Book: In late November of 1858 two enslaved Black women—Celia Grayson, […]