Book Talk with Melvin Patrick Ely: A terrible Intimacy: Interracial Life in the Slaveholding South (

When

Wednesday, October 14, 6 PM to 7:30 PM

Where

Richmond Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities, Richmond

Price

Not listed. Check with the venue.

A book talk with historian Melvin Patrick Ely on his new book 'A Terrible Intimacy,' exploring interracial life in the slaveholding South through six criminal cases. Includes a book signing.DescriptionJoin historian Melvin Patrick Ely, Ph.D., for a thought-provoking program exploring his new book, "A Terrible Intimacy: Interracial Life in the Slaveholding South." In his book, Ely explores six criminal cases in one Virginia county in the years preceding the Civil War. Witnesses of both races describe a startling variety of encounters between white and Black people that reconfigure the binary terrain of "master-slave" relations. Ely is the author of "Israel on the Appomattox: A Southern Experiment in Black Freedom from the 1790s Through the Civil War," which won the Bancroft, Beveridge and Wesley-Long prizes, and "The Adventures of Amos 'n' Andy: A Social History of an American Phenomenon." He's a co-author of "Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians, 1619-1865." A retired William & Mary history professor, Ely previously taught history and American studies at Yale. A book signing will follow the program. This is a free event, but registration is required. Seating in the Lecture Hall is avail

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