[Englecturers] Reminder

[Susan Brown]

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 HMNSS 1500 at
2:00pm on Wednesday, November 1st. The reception will be immediately
following in the English department library CHASS 2211. 

 

Frances Smith Foster

 

 

'Til Death or Distance Do Us Part'": Love and Marriage in

Early African America"

 

"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."

 

 

 

 

Susan Brown

Department of English

Management Services Officer

ph:(951)827-1456

fax:(951)827-3967

 

 

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