Slavery and Freedom in the Making of America
To mark the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation in 2013, the History Lecture Series presented four lectures by nationally recognized historians on the theme "Slavery and Freedom in the Making of America." The speakers considered the imagined roots of slavery in Greco-Roman antiquity, the origins and development of racial slavery across the Americas and its centrality to the creation of the United States, and the continued legacies of slavery in post-emancipation American life.
October 23, 2013, Sandra Joshel: Ancient Roman Slavery and American History
October 30, 2013, Stephanie Smallwood: Slavery, Race, and the Origins of American Freedom
November 6, 2013, Stephanie Camp: Slavery, Antebellum America's National Institution
November 13, 2013, Moon-Ho Jung: Race, Empire, and Post-Emancipation Struggles for Freedom
Want to learn more and follow up on the lectures? Please see the Slavery and Freedom in the Making of America Bookshelf