BEGIN:VCALENDAR
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN
VERSION:2.0
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=58700\n\nBetween Fort Sumter and Appomattox\, Confedera
 tes bought and sold thousands of men\, women\, and children through a per
 sisting trade in enslaved people. They did so for a multitude of reasons\
 , including to adapt to the conflict\, to invest in their desired slaveho
 lding future\, and to fend off the onset of emancipation. These transacti
 ons had profound impacts on the enslaved\, their lives and families\, and
  the ways in which they pursued freedom during the war. The surviving tra
 ffic in humanity thus shaped the experience of the Civil War and its afte
 rmath for all inhabitants of the wartime South.  Robert Colby is an Assis
 tant Professor of History at the University of Mississippi. His first boo
 k\, An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South\, was publish
 ed in 2024 by Oxford University Press. His research has won awards from t
 he Society of American Historians and the Society of Civil War Historians
  and has been published in the Journal of the Civil War Era\, Journal of 
 the Early Republic\, and Slavery & Abolition. Proceeds from the event sup
 port Freedom House Museum.\n\nLocation: Lyceum\nFees: $15\, $12 for Histo
 ric Alexandria members\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\
 , Lyceum\, Museums\n\nWeb resources:\n\nPurchase Tickets Online here\nhtt
 ps://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx\n
DTEND:20250307T020000Z
DTSTAMP:20250207T130029Z
DTSTART:20250307T000001Z
LOCATION:Lyceum
SEQUENCE:7
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Lecture: Robert Colby
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:aa9768e0-f28a-4b98-8a8c-23c5d1c0c8ff
URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=58700">https://apps.alexandri
 ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=58700</a><br />\n<br />Between Fort Sumte
 r and Appomattox\, Confederates bought and sold thousands of men\, women\
 , and children through a persisting trade in enslaved people. They did so
  for a multitude of reasons\, including to adapt to the conflict\, to inv
 est in their desired slaveholding future\, and to fend off the onset of e
 mancipation. These transactions had profound impacts on the enslaved\, th
 eir lives and families\, and the ways in which they pursued freedom durin
 g the war. The surviving traffic in humanity thus shaped the experience o
 f the Civil War and its aftermath for all inhabitants of the wartime Sout
 h.  Robert Colby is an Assistant Professor of History at the University o
 f Mississippi. His first book\, An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the C
 ivil War South\, was published in 2024 by Oxford University Press. His re
 search has won awards from the Society of American Historians and the Soc
 iety of Civil War Historians and has been published in the Journal of the
  Civil War Era\, Journal of the Early Republic\, and Slavery &amp\; Aboli
 tion. Proceeds from the event support Freedom House Museum.\n<br />\n<br 
 />Location: Lyceum\n<br />Fees: $15\, $12 for Historic Alexandria members
 \n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Lyceum\,
  Museums<br>\n<a href="https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx">Purchas
 e Tickets Online here</a><br>\n
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20250207T130029Z
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR