The works in this exhibition grew out of an archival project the first-year SASAH students did in the Fall of 2021. The rare book library at Western has some thirteen autobiographies published in the 19th century by people who had been enslaved in the United States but escaped to Canada via the Underground Railroad. For the project, the students were divided up into groups of two or three or students worked independently, and each group researched and responded to one of the autobiographies.
After reading the autobiographies, each group was to present the life of their author in any creative manner they wished. The results of their creative work are on display here.
Ana Milojevic, Anjali Kathir, Asha Saha, Ash Ecclestone, Ava Burtis, Claire Liu, Daniel Kime, Grace Dilawri, Gracie Longo, Jonas Bahn, Jules Lee, Kate Armstrong, Katya O’Donnell, Lauren Knafelc, Lauren Bunch, Madyson Cooper, Maia Ross, Merdeka Miles, Naomi Ngobila, Paniz Vedavarz, Parsa Albeheshti, Promise Chen, Siobhan Kelly, Sophia Heppenstall, Summer Xu, Zoe Port
Photo credit: William Armstrong
ARTHUM 1020E
Professor DeLooze