{"id":49,"date":"2018-06-11T17:28:13","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T17:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2022-02-25T18:32:14","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T18:32:14","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AzLcBtmgKcw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">An Overdue Reckoning<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nStudents and faculty at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania have been striving to gain a better understanding of how their institution was connected to the rise and fall of American slavery.\u00a0 With this initiative, spearheaded by the <a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/\">House Divided Project<\/a> in 2018-19, Dickinson now joins a number of American colleges and universities that have begun serious reexaminations of their historical connections to (and complicity with) enslavement.\u00a0 \u00a0Our initial efforts culminated in November 2021 with a public renaming ceremony that honored four formerly enslaved figures associated with our school with namesakes on our campus.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xrxj5WRhdU4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dickinson started as a grammar school in 1773, but received its charter as a college in 1783.\u00a0 During this founding period, slavery in Pennsylvania was still legal. The school closed briefly during the 1830s, but soon reopened.\u00a0 The new Dickinson stood apart in the antebellum period, however, because it was one of the few schools that drew students about equally from free and slave states.\u00a0 The result was a particularly intense conflict among Dickinsonians over the morality of slavery.\u00a0 After the Civil War, these debates &#8211;now over the meaning of freedom&#8211; continued\u00a0 both at the college and in the surrounding community.\u00a0 Almost everyone struggled with how to live up to the ideals of emancipation during a period when northern reality was still full of color prejudice. This website collects some of our initial research into these various subjects, aspiring to launch more sustained discussion and to help bring to life the stories of the Dickinsonians who survived the era of American slavery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>***<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> <a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/tour\/\">CHECK OUT OUR NEW 2021 WALKING TOUR<\/a><\/span>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/2019-dickinson-slavery-report\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>READ OUR 2019 REPORT<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/our-banner-image\/\"><strong>DISCOVER THE STORY BEHIND OUR BANNER IMAGE<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/our-banner-image\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1042 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/files\/2018\/12\/Banner-Image-1024x674.png\" alt=\"Banner image half color\" width=\"525\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/files\/2018\/12\/Banner-Image-1024x674.png 1024w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/files\/2018\/12\/Banner-Image-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/files\/2018\/12\/Banner-Image-768x505.png 768w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/files\/2018\/12\/Banner-Image.png 1246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>AND LEARN ABOUT THE FORMER SLAVES WHO HELPED SHAPE DICKINSON\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1434\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/files\/2022\/01\/Nov.-20th-Honoress-square.png\" alt=\"Nov 20 Banner\" width=\"1248\" height=\"1301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/files\/2022\/01\/Nov.-20th-Honoress-square.png 1248w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/files\/2022\/01\/Nov.-20th-Honoress-square-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/files\/2022\/01\/Nov.-20th-Honoress-square-982x1024.png 982w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/files\/2022\/01\/Nov.-20th-Honoress-square-768x801.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/people\/carrie-taylor-pinkney\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1442\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/files\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-25-at-1.19.36-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"Carrie Pinkney\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/files\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-25-at-1.19.36-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/files\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-25-at-1.19.36-PM-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Carrie Taylor Pinkney<\/a> has been enslaved in Virginia before coming to Carlisle after the Civil War.\u00a0 She married Noah Pinkney and together the couple built a popular food-selling business in Carlisle, beloved by generations of Dickinson students and faculty.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1145\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/files\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-04-at-8.57.45-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"Pinkney\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/files\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-04-at-8.57.45-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/files\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-04-at-8.57.45-PM-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/people\/noah-pinkney\/\">Noah Pinkney<\/a> escaped from slavery in Maryland and later was present with the Union army at Appomattox.\u00a0 He became such an icon at Dickinson\u00a0 after the Civil War that the college erected a plaque in his honor during the 1950s.\u00a0 Pinkney and his wife Carrie sold pretzels, sandwiches, ice cream and other treats to generations of students.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/people\/henry-spradley\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1093 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/files\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-03-at-11.25.25-AM-150x150.png\" alt=\"Spradley, 60s\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/files\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-03-at-11.25.25-AM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/files\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-03-at-11.25.25-AM-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/people\/henry-spradley\/\">Henry W. Spradley<\/a>\u00a0was a former enslaved stonemason from Virginia, who escaped during the Civil War, fought in the Union army, and later became the most beloved janitor at Dickinson.\u00a0 He participated in the groundbreaking ceremonies for Denny Hall. The school even closed for a day in his honor following his death in 1897.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/robert-young\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-711 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-25-at-7.54.15-AM-150x150.png\" alt=\"Robert Young\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-25-at-7.54.15-AM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-25-at-7.54.15-AM-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/robert-young\/\">Robert C. Young<\/a> was the longest-serving employee of Dickinson before the 21st-century.\u00a0 Born enslaved in Virginia, Young began his work on campus as a household servant, became a janitor and then eventually head of campus security.\u00a0 He worked at Dickinson for over 40 years.\u00a0 In 1886, he also fought to get his eldest son admitted to the college.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff An Overdue Reckoning Students and faculty at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania have been striving to gain a better understanding of how their institution was connected to the rise and fall of American slavery.\u00a0 With this initiative, spearheaded by the House Divided Project in 2018-19, Dickinson now joins a number of American colleges and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Home&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1447,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions\/1447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}