History Nebraska to honor Blankenau Wednesday

Historical past Nebraska will honor Lincoln researcher, author and public speaker Gail Blankenau with the annual James L. Sellers Award throughout a legislative occasion Wednesday, April 26, on the Nebraska Historical past Museum in Lincoln.

The Sellers award was created in 1967 and is given every year for the “finest article” revealed in a quantity of Nebraska Historical past Journal. The writer receives the award and $1,000 from the Nebraska State Historic Society Basis via the assist of Catherine Sellers Angle.

This 12 months’s award was judged and chosen by Nebraska Wesleyan College Historical past Division college. They wrote, “Blankenau’s article challenged the widespread assumption that slavery was not part of Nebraska historical past via an in depth case-study that confirmed how the nationwide debate over slavery performed out within the territory. She traced Celia and Eliza Grayson’s escape with all kinds of related major sources, whereas additionally demonstrating the way in which wherein their story knowledgeable debates concerning the existence of slavery within the territorial legislature.”