On Sunday, February 6 at 2:30 p.m., join us for a one-woman narrative written and performed by Penny Musco. Set in 1880, Steal Away weaves together historical accounts of African Americans who sought free land by taking advantage of the Homestead Act of 1862, and their exodus from the South. These homesteaders called themselves Exodusters, likening their flight to the biblical exodus of Moses and his fellow slaves out of Egypt.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Steal Away: The Story of a Homesteader and Exoduster
On Sunday, February 6 at 2:30 p.m., join us for a one-woman narrative written and performed by Penny Musco. Set in 1880, Steal Away weaves together historical accounts of African Americans who sought free land by taking advantage of the Homestead Act of 1862, and their exodus from the South. These homesteaders called themselves Exodusters, likening their flight to the biblical exodus of Moses and his fellow slaves out of Egypt.
