Joanne Pope Melish speaks on slavery, emancipation, and race in New England
Posted October 21st, 2010 by James DeWolf PerryCategory: History, News and Announcements
Historian Joanne Pope Melish will speak tonight in the Boston area about New England’s amnesia regarding the region’s role in slavery and its consequences for the development of racial attitudes over the generations.
Joanne is a noted expert on northern slavery and the process of gradual emancipation in New England, and is the author of Disowning Slavery: Gradual Emancipation and Race in New England, 1780-1860. She has frequently worked with the Tracing Center on its programming around issues of slavery and race, and is featured at our fall teacher workshops in Michigan and Rhode Island.
The talk, “The Worm in the Apple: Slavery, Emancipation, and Race in New England,” will take place at 7:00pm at Myrtle Baptist Church, 21 Curve Street, Newton. The program is sponsored by Historic Newton as part of their outstanding lecture series, “Encountering Slavery and Race in New England.”
October 20th, 2011 at 5:44 am
I'm so sorry I missed this. Do you know of any way to contact the author, or get a transcript of the lecture?
October 20th, 2011 at 6:18 am
Amy, Joanne's permanent position is as a faculty member at the University of Kentucky, and her e-mail address there is jmelish@uky.edu.
I don't know whether or not she has a transcript of her talk, but she does use a PowerPoint presentation that she might be willing to share with you.