Saturday, September 28, 2019 at 9:30am to 3:45pm
Swan Hall , Auditorium 60 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI 02881
The Department of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design, the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society, and the Costume Society of America Northeastern Region present a free symposium to explore the complex story of the social and economic relationships between the North and South in antebellum America.
Invited speakers will address the interconnectedness of the northern textile industry with the southern cotton economy that depended on slavery. The goal for this day-long program is to increase our understanding of the complicated history of the industrial North and the agricultural South through family connections and mercantile activity during America’s antebellum period.
Attendees can sign-up for a box lunch, provided by URI Catering, for $15.00. Please contact Beth Fay at 401-874-4574 or bfay@uri.edu before Sept. 20 with your choice of roast beef, chicken or vegetarian wrap and payment information.
SCHEDULE
Welcome: 9:30 – 10
Linda Welters, Professor, University of Rhode Island
“Welcome and Introduction to the Exhibition: One American Family: A Tale of North and South”
10 – 10:45 Seth Rockman, Associate Professor, Brown University. “Plantation Labor Outsourced: Situating New England Textiles in the National Economy of Slavery”
Short break 10:45-11:00
11:00 – 11:45 Katie Knowles, Assistant Professor, Curator of AvenirMuseum, Colorado State University. “Patches of Resistance on the Badges of Enslavement”
11:45 – 12:15 Reading by Rachel May from her book, An American Quilt: Unfolding a Story of Family and Slavery.
Lunch (box lunch or on your own): 12:15 – 1:30 with time to tour exhibit in Quinn Hall
1:30 – 2:15 Marcus Nevius, Assistant Professor, University of Rhode Island "The Price of Freedom in American Slavery, 1800 to the 1830s."
2:15 – 3:00 Keith Stokes, VP, 1696 Heritage Group, Newport, Rhode Island. “Legacies of Slavery and Freedom: A Family Story Through the Atlantic World.”
3 – 3:45 Lynne Bassett, Independent Scholar, Palmer, Massachusetts "Understanding Free Blacks' Clothing - A Photo Study"
College of Business, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Community, Equity and Diversity
Free
Linda Welters
401-874-4525
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