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Thomas Sims ⛓️ (Boston, 1851)

US Law in chains…

A President sends federal troops into a Northern city to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law…

THE CHALLENGE: Can we show the entire war, one year per page?

WORK IN PROGRESS // Drawn from an 18th century antislavery text…

To sources, readers, & our wider communities…

Short answer: IT’S NON-FICTION. // Real answer: IT’S COMPLICATED!

Build a non-fiction mini from a few primary source quotes!

💬Quotes from a lifetime of fighting for Native land rights…

Drawn onsite, atop 18th century graves & voices…

“In his youth, he was brought to Litchfield (NH) & held as a slave…”

Some of the many risks & challenges facing “free” black families in 19th century New England…

Filippo Brunelleschi re-discovers ancient techniques of linear perspective… (Drawn w/ 5th graders @ a CLiF residency!)