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Bus Tour: Eliza Winston: Quest for Freedom w/ Educator Jason Benjamin - July 16 (Southwest)


Adult Enrichment / Trips, Tours & Special Events -
Adult Enrichment Summer 2026

Explore the amazing journey of Eliza Winston and her quest for freedom. Brought to Minnesota by her enslavers in the summer of 1860, Eliza fought for and gained her freedom through a series of remarkable events. Based on research and knowledge of Dr Christopher Lehman and others. We will visit sacred spaces where Eliza demonstrated agency, resistance and resilience against her enslavers. We will learn how this remarkable history connects to us today. And as we learn this history, participants will have the opportunity to make history (to be revealed on tour).

Optional:  Participants have the option to purchase a copy of Dr Lehman’s Book, It Took Courage: Eliza Winston’s Quest for Freedom.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Site of the Winslow House where Eliza’s enslavers stayed and she was held captive.
  • Site where Eliza met abolitionist Emily Goodridge Grey.
  • Site of the Thornton Boarding House on Lake Harriet where Eliza was rescued/arrested.
  • Site of the courthouse where she was freed from her enslavers.
  • Site where Eliza was hidden from white mob violence. (George Stone’s House)
  • Site of her abolition lecture. (Woodman Hall)

TOUR TIMES:  

12:45 pm Board Motorcoach Bus at Lake Harriet Bandshell - 4135 W Lake Harriet Pkwy, Minneapolis, MN 55401

1:00 pm  Bus Departs

4:00 pm  @ Return to Lake Harriet Bandshell

OUR TOUR GUIDE:

Jason Benjamin Is a community scholar who specializes in local history. He is a longtime Minneapolis Public School Teacher, who has taught 1st, 2nd, 5th and currently 4th grade at Burroughs Community School. Currently, Jason is excited to be part of a team of Minneapolis Public School educators, who are creating a K-5 social studies curriculum. 

NOTE:  Feel free to bring your own beverage and snack.

If the tour is full, please add your name to the waitlist. 

NOTE: After June 16th only transfer of registration to another person -- No refunds. 75% refund if we can fill your spot from the waitlist.

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Lake Harriet Bandshell
Thursday, Jul 16
1:00 - 4:00 PM

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Min Age   16 yr.