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Unshackled Lives: American Biographies of Enslavement and Liberation

The Department of History welcomes leading scholars to campus this May, to discuss public history, queer lives, new discoveries and the curious history of Dartmouth Life Writing.

5/1/2025
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Kemeny Hall 008
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Conferences

Unshackled Lives: American Biographies of Enslavement and Liberation: A conference to recall the Dartmouth Department of Biography (1924-67)

May 1-2, 2025. Department of History, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.

Thursday 4:30 PM: "Ordeals and Odysseys: Lucy Terry Prince, Phillis Wheatley, and 18th-Century New England Freedoms."

A Conversation with Gretchen Gerzina & David Waldstreicher

Friday 4:00 PM: "Liberated Lives, New Biographies of American Freedom-Seekers."

A Conversation with Ilyon Woo, R.J.M. Blackett & Scott Casper.

Pre-register for Friday Panels on the conference website: https://sites.dartmouth.edu/ahstephens/2025-conference/

 

For more information, contact:
History
history@dartmouth.edu
Permanent URL to this event: https://history.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=77774

Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.