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SUMMARY:The Declaration of Independence and Slavery with Dr. David Gellman
DESCRIPTION:The bond between slavery and the Declaration of Independence is 
 unbreakable.  The gap between the founding document's soaring glimpse into 
 the contradictions that define the Declaration's legacy.  So too does the 
 Continental Congress's decision to delete Thomas Jefferson's denunciation 
 of the slave trade.  Black and white proponents of emancipation insisted on 
 applying "unalienable rights" to their cause.  The great African American 
 abolitionist Frederick Douglass used the Fourth of July as a touchstone.  
 In his talk\, David Gellman explores how this entangled history empowers us 
 to see how a singular founding both impeded and inspired liberty.\n\n 
 \n\nDr. David N. Gellman is a professor of history at DePauw University\, 
 where he has taught since 1999.  His 2022 book Liberty's Chain: Slavery\, 
 Abolition\, and the Jay Family of New York was honored with the Herbert H. 
 Lehman Prize.  Other books include Emancipating New Youk: The Politics of 
 Slavery and Freedom\, 1777-1827 and Jim Crow New York: A Documentary 
 History of Race and Citizenship\, 1777-1877\, both of which were selected 
 as Choice Outstanding Academic Titles.  Gellman also has published essays 
 on the Missouri Compromise\, on James Fenimore Cooper\, and on Bruce 
 Springsteen. He presents widely to scholarly and general audiences.
LOCATION:Lora Hussey Room\, Zionsville Branch
ORGANIZER;CN="Gay Nell German":MAILTO:nellg@hmmpl.org
CATEGORIES:Adult Events
CONTACT;CN="Gay Nell German":MAILTO:nellg@hmmpl.org
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