Hmmmmmm..... I looks like Melvin Ely is a bit overmatched by the Battalion
from Chicago environs. The only Newberry Library that I ahve ever heard of
is Newberry College (probably a University by now) in South Carolina. If
this Newberry Library Seminar is also in Illinois, I think perhaps the panel
should be augmented by a bit more diversity.
Randy Cabell
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Subject: [VA-HIST] Newberry Library Seminar
The Newberry Library Seminar in Labor History and
The Historical Society present:
Rethinking Black Freedom
in the Era of Slavery:
The Challenge of
Israel on the Appomattox:
A Southern Experiment in
Black Freedom
from the 1790s through
the Civil War
featuring author Melvin Ely
Saturday, December 15, 2007
11:00am-3:00pm
Newberry Library
The recent publication of the award-winning book by Melvin Ely,
historian at the College of William and Mary, raises numerous questions
about the nature of slavery and freedom in the first half of the 19th
century. "Rethinking Black Freedom in the Era of Slavery" aims to
critically re-examine the place of free African Americans, the character
of race relations, and the challenges local history can pose to the
grander, sweeping narratives of American history.
Commentators:
Eric Arnesen, University of Illinois at Chicago
Corey Capers, University of Illinois at Chicago
Jane Dailey, University of Chicago
Leon Fink, University of Illinois at Chicago
Michael Perman, University of Illinois at Chicago
Julie Saville, University of Chicago
James Schmidt, Northern Illinois University
Amy Stanley, University of Chicago
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