For any Virginians who happen to be in the Yale vicinity on Jan 29: Rural Free Black Society from the Age of Jefferson through the Civil War Ellen Eslinger, DePaul University Monday, January 29, 2007, 12:00 p.m. Luce Hall, Room 103, 34 Hillhouse Ave. Ellen Eslinger, Professor of History at DePaul University and postdoctoral fellow at the Gilder Lehrman Center, presents a study of antebellum free blacks set in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, a prosperous region of the upper South, and provides a rural counter-weight to numerous studies of free blacks in Southern cities. This lecture is part of the Gilder Lehrman Center Brown Bag Lunch Series. Bring your own lunch and we'll provide drinks and dessert. To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html