ROBERT HICKMAN

WHAT IS HIS NAME?

• His name is Robert Hickman.

HOW IS HE IS HE IMPORTANT TO MN'S HISTORY?

• He came here and established Pilgrim
• Baptist Church. (Which is still around
• today in St.Paul MN)

HERE IS PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH

HOW DID HE FIGHT AGAINST SLAVERY?

• He heard about the Emancipation Proclamation
• In 1863 and decided to go to MN with some of his
• Followers (the pilgrims is what they called themselves)

WHAT STRUGGLES DID HE FACE WHILE FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM AND AGAINST SLAVERY?

• He and his group had to get out of Missouri
• Some Minnesotans didn't like them there because
• They thought they might take over their jobs
• They also needed a place to worship so they held
• Services in member's homes.

HOW DID HE COME HERE?

• Was towed upriver by a steamboat.

THIS IS WHAT THE RAFT MIGHT HAVE LOOKED LIKE.

THIS IS WHAT SLAVES HAD TO PICK

WHY IS HE IMPORTANT IN MN HISTORY

• He and his follower established
• The Pilgrim Baptist Church
• In St.Paul (it's still here to this
• Day)

THIS IS THE CHURCH

HOW DID HE FIGHT AGAINST SLAVERY IN MN

• He established Pilgrims Baptist
• Church. Him and some other
• Slaves escaped to be free in MN
• He was the preacher at the church.

WHAT STRUGGLES DID HE FACE WHILE FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM AND AGAINST SLAVERY

• He and his followers escaped from slavery in MI
• Some say they built a crude raft and got towed
• On a steamboat to MN
• Some say they were helped out by union soldiers

THIS IS A UNION SOLDIER

THIS COULD BE LIKE THE RAFT THEY USED

THIS IS WHAT SLAVES HAD TO PICK

SUMMARY

• Robert Hickman was a slave he and
• Baptist Church. It's still around today
• In St.Paul!