Swem Library at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg invites you
to join us on Wednesday, October 24, at 3:30 p.m. for a lecture by Professor
Melvin Ely of William and Mary's History Department.  Prof. Ely will speak
on his latest project, "A Horrible Intimacy: Whites and Enslaved Blacks in
Old Virginia."  Winner in 2006 of Virginia's Outstanding Faculty Award, Ely
also received numerous awards for his previous book, "Israel on the
Appomattox: A Southern Experiment in Black Freedom from the 1790s through
the Civil War," which earned the Bancroft Prize as well as the Albert J.
Beveridge Award and the Wesley-Logan Prize from the American Historical
Association.  

Swem is sponsoring the lecture in conjunction with its exhibit, "Slavery in
Virginia," on display through November 2.  The lecture is free and open to
the public and will be held in the Read-and-Relax area on Swem's first
floor.  For directions and parking information, see:
http://swem.wm.edu/directions.cfm

Bea Hardy

Beatriz B. Hardy, Director
Special Collections Research Center
Swem Library
College of William and Mary