Legacies of Emancipation in the Americas

Legacies of Emancipation in the Americas
14 June 2011, 18:30 - 20:00
Speakers: Robin Blackburn (Essex University), Richard Drayton (King's College London), Denise Ferreira da Silva (Queen Mary, University of London), and playwright and critic Bonnie Greer explore the long-term legacies of the processes of emancipation of enslaved African populations that began in the late eighteenth century in different parts of the Americas.
DescriptionThis event is co-sponsored by the Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library and the Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London.
Price: £7.50 / £5 concessions
http://www.bl.uk/eccles/events.html#legacies
Venue : Eccles Centre, British Library
96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB