#Humanities in DC Event: Bound As Fast In Wedlock As A Slave Can Be: African-American Marriage, Slavery, and Freedom, APRIL 17, 6:00-7:30 PM, EMANCIPATION DAY LECTURE at George Washington University with Tera Hunter, Professor of History and African American Studies, Princeton University City View Room, 1957 E Street NW, George Washington University Campus. Free and open to the public. The yearly lecture is to commemorate April 16, 1862, the day Lincoln signed D.C. Compensated Emancipation Act, liberating the enslaved of the District of Columbia. For information, contact Jennifer James, [email protected]
Posted on: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 18:00:01 +0000