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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Please join the Department of English for a talk to be given
by Frances Smith Foster of Emory University. The event will be held in </span></font><font
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1500 at </span></font><font size=2 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:
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Wednesday, November 1<sup>st</sup></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. <font color=blue><span
style='color:blue'>The reception will be immediately following in the English department
library CHASS 2211. </span></font></span></font></p>
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font-weight:bold'>Frances Smith Foster</span></font></b></p>
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font-weight:bold'>'Til Death or Distance Do Us Part'“: Love and Marriage
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>“Harriet Jacobs
once wrote "Why does a slave ever love"? but her narrative shows many
examples of love, marriage and family ties among enslaved people. Henry Bibb
escaped from slavery but returned to get his wife and child, not once but three
times. They are not unique. Contrary to many histories and assumptions,
early African American print culture is filled with songs, poems, stories,
essays, letters and memoirs that show antebellum African Americans, whether
enslaved or free, not only married but expected such marriages to
endure. This presentation offers examples of this evidence and argues
the importance of the Afro-Protestant press for an accurate and inclusive
understanding of our historical past.”</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Susan Brown</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Department of English</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Management Services Officer</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>ph:(951)827-1456</span></font></p>
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