Lincoln and the Meaning of Emancipation: Events


The Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Seymour Drescher, University of Pittsburgh

Location: Luce Hall, Yale University

Date: Thursday, October 10, 2013
Time: 4:30 to 7:30 pm

 

Black Abolitionism in the Early American Republic
Richard Newman, Rochester Institute of Technology

Location: Luce Hall, Yale University

Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Time: 4:30 to 7:30 pm

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Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation
David Blight, Yale University

Location: Luce Hall, Yale University

Date: Thursday, November 14, 2013
Time: 4:30 to 7:30 pm

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Immediate Abolition: The Antebellum Abolitionist Movement
Jim Stewart, Macalester College

Location: Luce Hall, Yale University

Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Time: 4:30 to 7:30 pm

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The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation
David Brion Davis, Yale University

Location: Luce Hall, Yale University

Date: Thursday, February 27, 2014
Time: 4:30 to 7:30 pm

 

Why Mass Incarceration Matters
Heather Ann Thompson, Temple University

Location: Luce Hall, Yale University

Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Time: 4:30 to 7:30 pm

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Modern Slavery
Joel Quirk, University of Witwatersrand

Location: Luce Hall, Yale University

Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Time: 4:30 to 7:30 pm

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