Brooklyn Abolitionists / In Pursuit of Freedom

Brooklyn Historical Society

"In the early 19th century, ordinary Brooklynites, black and white, shaped their neighborhoods, city, and nation with a revolutionary vision of freedom and equality. In Pursuit of Freedom uncovers their stories. This groundbreaking exhibition demonstrates how Brooklyn embodied many of the paradoxes of 19th-century America: it was at once a home to appalling and everyday racism, and a haven for progressive thought and activism." — BHS

EXHIBITION LIGHTING DESIGN

Brooklyn Historical Society Pierrepont
January 2014

Exhibition Designed by Matter Architecture Practice
Exhibition Graphics by Pure+Applied

Photographs by John Halpern