Virtual Book Launch – “A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery…”
A conversation on Professor William G. Thomas III’s new book
3:30 pm –
4:30 pm
Contact:
Barb Schmit, (402) 458-1237, barb.schmit@nufoundation.org
Please join a virtual book launch featuring the work of
William G. Thomas III, Professor of History, John and Catherine Angle Chair in Humanities. Piecing together evidence long ago dismissed in court and buried in the archives, historian William G. Thomas III tells an intricate and intensely human story of the enslaved families (the Butlers, Queens, Mahoneys and others), their lawyers (among them a young Francis Scott Key) and the slaveholders who fought to defend slavery.
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will be sent upon submitting your event registration.
Questions? Please contact Barb Schmit at
barb.schmit@nufoundation.org or 402-458-1237.
Kindly RSVP by Friday, December 4, by clicking the “REGISTER” button below.
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William G. Thomas III, Professor of History, John and Catherine Angle Chair in Humanities. Piecing together evidence long ago dismissed in court and buried in the archives, historian William G. Thomas III tells an intricate and intensely human story of the enslaved families (the Butlers, Queens, Mahoneys and others), their lawyers (among them a young Francis Scott Key) and the slaveholders who fought to defend slavery.
Zoom Specific event details, including the video link,
will be sent upon submitting your event registration.
Questions? Please contact Barb Schmit at
barb.schmit@nufoundation.org or 402-458-1237.
Kindly RSVP by Friday, December 4, by clicking the “REGISTER” button below.
REGISTER at:
https://events.attend.com//f/1383792992#/landing/a41569bf-57d9-446e-86ad-f46ed352195c
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