Preservation Long Island - Roundtable #1: Long Island in the Black Atlantic World
August 15, 2020 |
Why did Long Island have one of the largest enslaved populations in the North during the 17th and 18th centuries?
This virtual round-table event will address Jupiter Hammon’s Long Island as a hub of the Atlantic slave trade and a key player in a global economy dependent upon Black enslavement. Scholars will explore identity, agency, and connection among the region’s free and enslaved communities; and how we collectively remember and engage this difficult past.
Co-Host: Weeksville Heritage Center, Brooklyn
Panelists:
- Jennifer Anderson, PhD, Associate Professor of History, Stony Brook University
- Nicole Maskiell, PhD, Assistant Professor of History at the University of South Carolina
- Craig Wilder, PhD, Barton L. Weller Professor of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Website:
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Virtual Event |
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