Event to target black awareness
Sunday, August 20, 2006 The Sutliff family was active in the earliest years of the anti-slavery movement. WARREN — The Warren-Trumbull County Public Library and the Sutliff Museum will partner with the local arm of the Marcus Garvey Institute of Awareness Community Tennis Association for a series of cultural activities for the black community over the Labor Day weekend. The events will kick off at the Main Library, 444 Mahoning Ave. N.W., at 2 p.m. Sept. 1, with a lecture by local historian Wendell Lauth. "Nurturing Pathways to Freedom" will explore the story of local and regional Underground Railroad involvement with emphasis on the part played by the abolitionists such as the six Sutliff brothers of Trumbull and Ashtabula counties. Exhibit Highlighted will be an exhibit concerning local Underground Railroad activities. The exhibit is part of the Sutliff Museum collection on the library's second floor. The Sutliff family was active in the earliest years of the anti-slavery movement and their interest eventually evolved into dangerous activities associated with sheltering and assisting escaping slaves on their way to Lake Erie and freedom in Canada. Through family correspondence, papers and vintage photographs, Lauth will examine their connection to this amazing drama. The Sutliff Museum, furnished with items from Levi Sutliff's Victorian Trumbull County home, will be open to visitors following the lecture. The museum is run by the Warren Library Association, a private organization. To learn more about the cultural weekend's offerings, call (330) 883-0354. For more information about the library of the Sutliff Museum, call (330) 399-8807, Ext. 123, or visit www.wtcpl.lib.oh.us.