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Jonathan W. White, Ph.D., professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University, presents "A Tale of Two Slave Traders: Lincoln and the Destruction of the Transatlantic Slave Trade."
White is the author or editor of 19 books and more than 100 articles, essays, and reviews about the Civil War, slavery and emancipation, African American history, Abraham Lincoln, and the U.S. Constitution. Learn more at www.jonathanwhite.org.
White's presentation is the 2024 Richard W. Smith Lecture in Civil War History. Learn more at owu.edu/history.
Sep. 30, 2024 at 7 p.m.
Location: Hamilton-Williams Campus Center Benes Rooms
Videography by Elaine Chun