BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DESCRIPTION:From Fort Sumter to Appomattox\, Confederates bought and sold thousands of men\, women\, and children through a surviving trade in slav es. Even though the war destroyed the cotton economy that had long underp inned American slavery and fueled the slave trade\, Confederates used sla ve commerce to shape their experiences of the war. METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Lecture: Slave Trading in the Civil War South on Jun 14 \, 2024 VERSION:2.0 X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H X-WR-CALDESC:CANCELLED: Lecture: Slave Trading in the Civil War South on J un 14\, 2024 X-WR-CALNAME:CANCELLED: Lecture: Slave Trading in the Civil War South on J un 14\, 2024 X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Black History CATEGORIES:Lyceum CATEGORIES:Museums DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend ar/Detail.aspx?si=57403\n\nLecture: An Unholy Traffic\, Slave Trading in the Civil War South\n\nFrom Fort Sumter to Appomattox\, Confederates boug ht and sold thousands of men\, women\, and children through a surviving t rade in slaves. Even though the war destroyed the cotton economy that had long underpinned American slavery and fueled the slave trade\, Confedera tes used slave commerce to shape their experiences of the war\, whether t o help them mobilize for the conflict or to weather the numerous crises i t created. Some speculated wildly in human property to ward off inflation or to buy shares in the slaveholding future for which they fought. Still others traded people to keep them from achieving the freedom the war off ered. For those held in slavery\, meanwhile\, the surviving slave trade d ramatically shaped the ways in which they encountered liberty\, yanking m any back into bondage while inspiring others to risk flight. \n\nDr. Robe rt Colby is an assistant professor at the University of Mississippi and i s the author of An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South. Proceeds from the event support Freedom House Museum.\n\n\nLocation: Lyce um\nFees: $15/OHA Members $12\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black H istory\, Lyceum\, Museums\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http:/ /apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57403\n\nWeb resources: \n\nTickets here\nhttps://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx\n DTEND:20240615T003000Z DTSTAMP:20240611T033719Z DTSTART:20240614T230000Z LOCATION:Lyceum SEQUENCE:6 STATUS:CANCELLED SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Lecture: Slave Trading in the Civil War South TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:6db64d97-c9e4-4456-8784-7cf40f63b83b URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandri ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=57403
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Lecture: An Unholy Traffic\, Slave Trading in the Civil War South\n
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From Fort Sumter to Appomattox\, Confederates bought and sold thousands of men\, wo men\, and children through a surviving trade in slaves. Even though the w ar destroyed the cotton economy that had long underpinned American slaver y and fueled the slave trade\, Confederates used slave commerce to shape their experiences of the war\, whether to help them mobilize for the conf lict or to weather the numerous crises it created. Some speculated wildly in human property to ward off inflation or to buy shares in the slavehol ding future for which they fought. Still others traded people to keep the m from achieving the freedom the war offered. For those held in slavery\, meanwhile\, the surviving slave trade dramatically shaped the ways in wh ich they encountered liberty\, yanking many back into bondage while inspi ring others to risk flight. \n
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Dr. Robert Colby is an assist ant professor at the University of Mississippi and is the author of An Un holy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South. Proceeds from the eve nt support Freedom House Museum.\n
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Location: Lyceum\ n
Fees: $15/OHA Members $12\n
Audience: Anyone may attend\n
Tags: Black History\, Lyceum\, Museums\n
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