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SUMMARY:Matheson History Museum Chains of Steele Exhibition Opening Reception
LOCATION:Matheson History Museum 513 E University Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Tour the brand-new exhibition, meet the curator, and enjoy refreshments.<br
  /><br />"Chains of Steele: Money, Power, and Influence" will examine two a
 ncestors of Gainesville’s Matheson family, Augustus and Augusta Steele, and
  the ways that they interacted with and benefitted from the institution of 
 American slavery.<br />Augustus was born in 1792 in Massachusetts, and at t
 he time of his birth slavery was outlawed in that state. At the time of his
  death, he was a devoted Confederate official, advocate for slavery, and en
 slaver. The exhibit will look at what choices brought him to that point and
  how he benefited from those choices.<br /><br />His only child, Augusta, w
 as part of the last generation that grew up supported by the institution of
  slavery. She turned 18 in 1865, the year that emancipation reached Florida
  and the rebellion collapsed. The ways that her life went on afterwards tel
 l us something about the long-lasting impacts slavery had on our history.<b
 r /><br />This original exhibition will feature Matheson Family photos rare
 ly on display, excerpts from the family’s papers, and a memorial to the peo
 ple the Steeles enslaved with the first biographies ever written about thes
 e individuals.<br /><br />The exhibition is sponsored in part by Visit Gain
 esville/Alachua County, FL.
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