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SUMMARY:Hinsonville's Heroes: Recovering Our Shared American History
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Cheryl Renée Gooch\, author of Hinsonville’s Heroes: 
 Black Civil War Soldiers of Chester County\, Pennsylvania (The History 
 Press\, February 2018) will discuss her book which traces the stories of 
 residents of Hinsonville\, a free black community in southeast 
 Pennsylvania\, who fought for the Union. The former 19th century village of 
 Hinsonville attracted both free and determined to be free people who 
 championed religious freedom\, higher education\, land ownership and equal 
 rights. Residents organized a black Protestant church\, supported the 
 founding of Ashmun Institute (now Lincoln University)\, vigilantly opposed 
 slavery and\, in some cases emigrated to Liberia as a part of the 
 colonization movement. The community’s tradition of self-determination 
 compelled 18 of its men to enlist to advance the freedom cause. Some of the 
 men are buried at Hosanna church cemetery next to the entrance to Lincoln 
 University’s campus. “These men and their families anticipated that 
 history would overlook them and their role in transforming America\, so 
 they placed headstones\, monuments to their lives next to our country’s 
 oldest degree-granting historically black University\,” says Dr. Gooch. 
 “By placing their personal monuments there\, they placed themselves into 
 historical memory. Yet\, having fought to reunify our country\, most of 
 these veterans struggled to secure equitable pensions and lived in or near 
 abject poverty.”\n\nDr. Cheryl Renée Gooch is an academic leader\, 
 published scholar and active historical researcher. She served as historian 
 and primary writer for the Delaware History Museum’s permanent exhibition 
 “Journey to Freedom” chronicling the Black Delawarean experience from 
 1629 to the present. A life member of the Association for the Study of 
 African American Life and History (ASALH)\, she is a member of the 
 organization’s committees which advise the National Park Service on ways 
 to ensure inclusive interpretive themes at battlefields\, parks and 
 historic sites.  Dr. Gooch has been a featured author on PCN-TV's PA 
 Books.\n\n\n\nSince its release\, Hinsonville’s Heroes has maintained 
 active interest among diverse audiences\, including Cecil County\, Maryland 
 and Chester County\, Pennsylvania Library systems\; National Civil War 
 Museum\; Camp William Penn Museum\; Grand Army of the Republic Museum\; 
 Delaware History Museum\; the National Park Service Fort Stevens Day\; and 
 numerous Civil War groups\, including Baltimore Civil War Roundtable\; Old 
 Baldy Philadelphia Civil War Roundtable\; Eastern Pennsylvania Civil War 
 Roundtable\; American Legion Benjamin Franklin Post #405\; and Sons of 
 Union Veterans-Bradbury Camp.
ORGANIZER;CN="Mark Pinto":MAILTO:mpinto@ccls.org
CATEGORIES:Adults, Virtual
CONTACT;CN="Mark Pinto":MAILTO:mpinto@ccls.org
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