Description: The Auburn Avenue Research Library is pleased to present Sanctuary for the Internal Enemy: An Ancestral Odyssey, a multimedia solo exhibition in which Tina Maria Dunkley presents prints, assemblages and textiles based on her publication, The Merikins: Forgotten Freedom Fighters in the War of 1812. This exhibition is an evocative and visually riveting exploration into the lives of enslaved Africans who escaped bondage and fought for the British during the War of 1812. Through meticulous research into her own maternal ancestry, Dunkley learned of the plight of her ancestor, Ezekiel Loney, and other freedom fighters who fled a Virginian plantation in 1814. Loney was among 4,000 former slaves who, after the war, were settled in South Trinidad and called themselves Merikins, a creolization of “American” Sanctuary for the Internal Enemy: An Ancestral Odyssey was organized by the Wilmer Jennings Gallery of Kenkeleba House and was made possible with support from the Judith Alexander Foundation, the Lubo Fund, and many other generous friends.

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