The Early American Seminar at the University of Maryland College Park announces its first meeting. Dr. Cassandra Pybus, an Australian Research Council Professional Fellow in History at the University of Tasmania, will present a paper for discussion entitled, "Negotiating Freedom in Revolutionary Virginia: Runaway Slaves and the British Army." For further information, please contact Whitman Ridgway ([log in to unmask]) Thursday, September 11, 2003 at 7:30 p.m. in McKeldin Library, room 7121. To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html