From Slave-owner to “Saints”: Learn of Those Who Lived in the Brackenridge Villa Nov. 4. An Exhibit on Slavery Here, Oct. 9 to Nov. 8

The Hidden History of Enslaved People in San Antonio and Our State, an exhibit called "Texas: Land of the Free" was organized by the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum (SAAACAM). Come see all 8 banners in the upper and lower level of the UIW Student Engagement Center, October 9 to November 8. Get community service credit for doing the activities described at the bottom. 

From Slave-owner to “Saints”: Learn of Those Who Lived in the Brackenridge Villa. 

Nov. 4, Join a 10:30 am group or a 12 noon group or a 1:30 pm group.  Indicate which below.  

Visit the George Brackenridge Villa which is north of Dubuis lawn and learn of those who lived there such as Eleanor Brackenridge, the Texas “Mother of Women’s Suffrage,” the Incarnate Word Sisters, and an exiled Mexican Bishop. Professor Tim Draves will share on James R. Sweet, who built the right side of the house in the mid 1850’s. The year before he had sold an enslaved 13-year-old, Sarah, and bought enslaved 23-year-old George. He was both the mayor and a slave-trader. In 1862 He went to fight with the Confederacy. When defeated he as about 500 other soldiers fled to Mexico.

See the interior, the art work, and the furniture remembering the origins of the home in the 1800's.  Professor Draves and Sr. Martha Ann Kirk invite you to play a simulation game as the people who lived there!   Contact: Sr. Martha Ann Kirk   kirk@uiwtx.edu    210-883-5034 

ACTIVITY WITH THE EXHIBIT FOR 1, 2, or 3 TWO HOURS OF SERVICE CREDIT: 

Read each of the 8 panels and write a few sentences about each one in regard to the stories they describe. Some are stories of people your age trying to escape from slavery. These are the names of the panels which start at the front door of SEC floor 1, then they continue on SEC lower level with the higher number panels. 

 NAMES OF PANELS
1. New Spain and Mexico
2. Emancipation or Freedom?
3. Enslaved Heroes of the Alamo
4. Buying and Selling in Plain Sight
5. Freedom Seekers not Runaways
6. Upstanders/ Fighting for Freedom
7. On a Mission for Freedom
8. What does Freedom mean to you?

Bring friends to see and discuss the panels. These are part of the last 250 years of the US.  What can we do together now to co-create a better next 250 years? Take notes on this. 

And/or

Go to "How Many Slaves Work for You?"  take the survey. Browse around the information on the webiste.  Make a plan how you might lessen your use of slaves.  Talk to others about and encourage to take it and compare scores. How could the UIW Cardinals help laborers in many parts of the world be freed of oppression?  

In the platform upload a Word document describing your activities and reflection.  Write how many hours of credit you think you should get.  Indicate that number in the  Impact Form.  If you have questions, contact Sr. Martha Ann Kirk  kirk@uiwtx.edu who verifies these.   

These and other exhibits can be rented from the SAAACAM. See the exhibit list. https://saaacam.org/pop-up-exhibits/