It started with an email...

A couple of weeks before the school year began I received an email from the Community Based Learning office at Huron University College in London, Ontario regarding the class I was taking there-- History 3801E: Historian's Craft.  This email was to notify the class that there would be two possible opportunities to take part in Community Based Learning during the year in order to gain practical experience outside of the classroom.  One opportunity would be to work with Christ Church in Chatham, Ontario about it's history in regards the anti-slavery movement.  The other was a trip to Oberlin, Ohio to document abolitionist letters written by Rev. Hiram Wilson to key members of the staff at Oberlin College in Ohio.  This blog will be used to document the progress of the Oberlin project, which will be utilizing said letters to gain a better understanding of the anti-slavery movement in what is now southwestern Ontario as well as Hiram Wilson's role, and finally present this information to the public and academics alike.