“The Kidnapping of Free Blacks,” a panel discussion as part of the
“Twelve Years a Slave” exhibit will take place Friday, Jan. 29, at 7:30 p.m. in
the Nott Memorial.
Margaret Washington, professor of history, Cornell University; and Carol Wilson,
associate professor of history at Maryland's Washington College and author of Freedom
at Risk: The Kidnapping of Free Blacks in America, will speak.
Meanwhile, the opening reception for the other part of the dual exhibit on the American
slave experience – Powre Above Powres: Passing Freedom, an installation by artist
Terry Adkins — has been scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 4, at 6 p.m. Then, at 7:30 p.m.,
Adkins will lead a discussion with regional African American artists on “The Role of
History in Contemporary Art.”
The dual exhibit runs through March 14.
A number of events to be presented throughout the exhibit will be detailed in future
editions of the Chronicle. .