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 d\, with John Quincy Adams' assistance\, she regained her freedom.
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DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 ar/Detail.aspx?si=57234\n\nLearn about Dorcas Allen\, a woman living with
  her husband and four children as a free black woman in Washington D.C. w
 ho was enslaved by James Birch\, imprisoned in Alexandria\, and tried for
  the murder of her two youngest children. A jury acquitted her by reason 
 of insanity\, and\, with John Quincy Adams' assistance\, she regained her
  freedom. This is story of African American agency in the most desperate 
 of circumstances?when an enslaved mother feels death is better for her ch
 ildren than life in bondage. Dr. Alison Mann serves as the Historian at t
 he National Museum of American Diplomacy\, U.S. Department of State as a 
 subject matter expert in the field of diplomatic history\, 19th century A
 merican history\, public history\, and education. Before joining the muse
 um\, she was Assistant Professor of History at Abraham Baldwin Agricultur
 al College in Tifton\, GA\, teaching courses in public history\, multicul
 tural America\, and early American history.? She has also taught diplomat
 ic history and the history of American slavery and abolitionism at the Un
 iversity of New Hampshire and Franklin Pierce University and worked as a 
 Park Ranger for Boston African American National Historic Site. She holds
  an MA and Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire\, and a BA from Rut
 gers University.?Proceeds from the event support Freedom House Museum.	\n
 \nLocation: Lyceum\nFees: $15/OHA Members $12\nAudience: Anyone may atten
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  Allen\, a woman living with her husband and four children as a free blac
 k woman in Washington D.C. who was enslaved by James Birch\, imprisoned i
 n Alexandria\, and tried for the murder of her two youngest children. A j
 ury acquitted her by reason of insanity\, and\, with John Quincy Adams? a
 ssistance\, she regained her freedom. This is story of African American a
 gency in the most desperate of circumstances?when an enslaved mother feel
 s death is better for her children than life in bondage. Dr. Alison Mann 
 serves as the Historian at the National Museum of American Diplomacy\, U.
 S. Department of State as a subject matter expert in the field of diploma
 tic history\, 19th century American history\, public history\, and educat
 ion. Before joining the museum\, she was Assistant Professor of History a
 t Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton\, GA\, teaching courses 
 in public history\, multicultural America\, and early American history.? 
 She has also taught diplomatic history and the history of American slaver
 y and abolitionism at the University of New Hampshire and Franklin Pierce
  University and worked as a Park Ranger for Boston African American Natio
 nal Historic Site. She holds an MA and Ph.D. from the University of New H
 ampshire\, and a BA from Rutgers University.?Proceeds from the event supp
 ort Freedom House Museum.	\n<br />\n<br />Location: Lyceum\n<br />Fees: $
 15/OHA Members $12\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black 
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 this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal
 .aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57234<br>\n<a href="https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Even
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