MHS Calendar of Events - October 2020

OCTOBER CALENDAR

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Cover: Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, October 4, 1762. Above: Detail of The Gerry-Mander. A new species of Monster which appeared in Essex South District in Jan. 1812, broadside, [Salem, Mass: 1812].

October Programs at a Glance

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OCTOBER PROGRAMS

This fall, the MHS offers an engaging roster of online special events, author talks, panel discussions, brown-bag lunches, and seminars. For a complete schedule, visit www.masshist.org/events.

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All programs will take place online.

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Rule Britannia: Imperial Patriots & the Siege of Louisbourg of 1745 Amy Watson, University of Southern California

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Political Cartooning Paul Szep and William Martin

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5:15

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“Our Turn Next”: Slavery & Freedom on French & American Stages, 1789–1799 Heather S. Nathans, Tufts University Comment: Jeffrey Ravel, MIT

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Biographies of Suffrage Champions Ellen DuBois, University of California Los Angeles; Thomas Dublin, SUNY Binghamton; N. Lynn Eckhert, Partners HealthCare International Comment: Manisha Sinha, University of Connecticut This is session 1 of 5.

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TUESDAY |

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Marriage & the Amendments Helene Quanquin, University of Lille; Carol Faulkner, Syracuse University; Jessica Derleth, SUNY Binghamton Comment: Kathi Kern, University of Kentucky This is session 2 of 5.

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A People’s Guide to Greater Boston Joseph Nevins, Vassar College, Suren Moodliar, and Eleni Macrakis

Clean Water, Green Space, & Social Equity Karen Mauney-Brodek, Emerald Necklace Conservancy; Rep. Nika Elugardo; and Chris WEDNESDAY | 2:00 | VIRTUAL CONFERENCE Reed, Harvard Graduate School The Federal Government & Voting Rights of Design in States & across the Empire This program is in collaboration with the Muddy Silvana R. Siddali, Saint Louis University; Water Initiative.

Sunu Kodumthara, Southwestern Oklahoma State University; Laura R. Prieto, THURSDAY | 5:15 | VIRTUAL SEMINAR Simmons University Queer Institutions—A Panel Discussion Comment: Paul Finkelman, Gratz College Marc Stein, San Francisco State University, This is session 3 of 5. and Ashley Ruderman-Looff, University of Kentucky THURSDAY | 1:30 | VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

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Comment: Aaron S. Lecklider, UMass Boston

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FRIDAY |

5:15

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Tour of Boston Monuments Eleanor Citron

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Is She Disqualified From Voting?

Corinne T. Field, University of Virginia; Nicole Etcheson, Ball State University; Kara W. Swanson, Northeastern University School of Law; Rabia S. Belt, Stanford Law School Comment: Paula Austin, Boston University This is session 4 of 5.

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Thomas Nast: The Father of Modern Political Cartoons Fiona Deans Halloran and Pat Bagley This is part of a series on political cartoons.

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FRIDAY |

1:30

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What Did the Amendments Not Cover?

Adam H. Domby, College of Charleston; Elizabeth Katz, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law Comment: Akhil Reed Amar, Yale Law School This is session 5 of 5.

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THURSDAY |

5:30

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Hamilton the Musical Richard Bell, University of Maryland

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TUESDAY |

2:00

| VIRTUAL EXHIBITION TOUR

Who Counts: A Look at Voter Rights through Political Cartoons Peter Drummey, MHS

5:15

| VIRTUAL SEMINAR

Writing Uncompensated Emancipation into the Lost Cause Amanda Kleintop, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

RSVP Information Visit www.masshist.org/events for additional event information, updates, and cancellations.

SPECIAL EVENTS, AUTHOR TALKS, & SERIES For more information or to register for an online program, visit www.masshist.org/events.

WORKSHOPS Visit www.masshist.org/teaching-history for more information. Register online at www.masshist.org/events.

BROWN-BAG LUNCH PROGRAMS Brown-bags provide an informal opportunity for visiting researchers to discuss their work, field questions, and receive new ideas. For more information or to register for an online brownbag, please visit www.masshist.org/events.

SEMINARS Seminars bring together a diverse group of scholars and members of the public to workshop a pre-circulated paper. After brief remarks from the author and an assigned commentator, the discussion is opened to the floor. There is a subscription fee for advance access to supporting materials. For more information, please visit www.masshist.org/research/seminars; register online at www.masshist.org/events.

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THURSDAY |

5:30

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Jefferson: Then & Now Peter Onuf, University of Virginia, and Annette Gordon-Reed, Harvard University

OCTOBER PROGRAMS AT A GLANCE

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NEW VIRTUAL EXHIBITION

Who Counts?

A Look at Voter Rights through Political Cartoons

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It denotes programs related to the exhibition. tell the story rights in the United States.

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Above: “A National Game That Is Played Out,” by Thomas Nast, Harper’s Weekly, December 23, 1876, p. 1044.

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THURSDAY |

5:30

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Rule Britannia: Imperial Patriots & the Siege of Louisbourg of 1745 Amy Watson, University of Southern California In 1745, a group of New England volunteers who called themselves Patriots launched an expedition against the French fortress of Louisbourg, in present-day Nova Scotia. Who were these “Patriots”? What did they want with Louisbourg? And what can this incident tell us about British imperial politics in the mid-18th century? This expedition reveals that the British Empire was dividing on sharp partisan lines in the 1740s, laying the groundwork for the Revolutionary decades to come.

To reserve: This is an online program. Please register at www.masshist.org/events.

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THURSDAY |

5:30

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Political Cartooning Paul Szep and William Martin

Paul Szep, a two-time Pulitzer Prize– and Thomas Nast Prize–winning editorial cartoonist, and New York Times best-selling author William Martin will discuss their careers.

They will focus on Szep’s time as the Chief Editorial Cartoonist at the Boston Globe from 1967 to 2001 and look at how the field of political cartoons has changed. Szep has been described as a pioneering cartoonist with “scathing wit and a drawing style that turns editorial cartoons into pieces of art.” Martin has written 11 novels, many of which are set in and around Boston, and has been recognized with the New England Book Award and the Samuel Eliot Morison Award.

To reserve: This is an online program. Please register at www.masshist.org/events.

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OCTOBER PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS

Founded in 1791, the MHS is an invaluable resource for American history, life, and culture. Our extraordinary collections tell the story of America through millions of rare and unique documents, artifacts, and irreplaceable national treasures.

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Pauline Maier Early American History Seminar “Our Turn Next”: Slavery & Freedom on French & American Stages, 1789–1799 Heather S. Nathans, Tufts University Comment: Jeffrey Ravel, MIT As the French abolitionist movement gathered momentum alongside the Revolution, Parisians could have seen hundreds of theatrical performances on themes related to race and slavery. By contrast, the American stage grappled with the choice to perpetuate 7

WEDNESDAY, OCTOER 7 | 5:30 PM

Clean Water, Green Space, & Social Equity Karen Mauney-Brodek, Emerald Necklace Conservancy; Rep. Nika Elugardo; and Chris Reed, Harvard Graduate School of Design This program is in collaboration with the Muddy Water Initiative The chain of green spaces and waterways that make up the Emerald Necklace park system is an invaluable urban oasis. Described as “the lungs of the city” this parkland and its rivers and ponds clean the city air, provide habitats for birds and other wildlife, and greatly improve quality of life for Boston residents. Our panel will explore the past, present, and future of this urban wild, beginning with Olmsted’s vision, through the lens of social equity and environmental justice.

This program will take place online.

Please register at www.masshist.org/events.

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Image: Muddy River, the Fens, Boston, by Anthony Thieme, circa 1940.

To reserve: This is an online program. Please register at www.masshist.org/events.

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5:30

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Clean Water, Green Space, & Social Equity Karen Mauney-Brodek, Emerald Necklace Conservancy; Rep. Nika Elugardo; and Chris Reed, Harvard Graduate School of Design This program is in collaboration with the Muddy Water Initiative The chain of green spaces and waterways that make up the Emerald Necklace park system is an invaluable urban oasis. Described as “the lungs of the city” this parkland and its rivers and ponds clean the city air, provide habitats for birds and other wildlife, and greatly improve quality of life for Boston residents. Our panel will explore the past, present, and future of this urban wild, beginning with Olmsted’s vision, through the lens of social equity and environmental justice.

To reserve: This is an online program. Please register at www.masshist.org/events.

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5:15

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History of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Seminar Queer Institutions—A Panel Discussion Marc Stein, San Francisco State University, and Ashley Ruderman-Looff, University of Kentucky Comment: Aaron S. Lecklider, UMass Boston This panel discussion considers the queer histories of two modern institutions: colleges and prisons. Marc Stein explores how activists at more than 20 colleges went to court in the 1970s to challenge their institutions’ refusal to recognize LGBT student groups.

Stein’s paper analyzes these cases and situates the successful litigation at Virginia Commonwealth University in relation to contemporaneous Virginia rulings that upheld the criminalization of same-sex sodomy and the prosecution of an interracial threesome.

Ashley Ruderman-Looff’s essay considers the Lavender Scare’s impact on women’s prison reform. Her essay tells the story of Dr. Miriam Van Waters, a superintendent of the Massachusetts Reformatory for Women who was dismissed from her post in 1949. This paper analyzes Van Waters’s subversive use of the Rorschach inkblot test, allowing her to eschew homosexual diagnosis and include queer women in the reformatory’s rehabilitative programs.

OCTOBER PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS

a slave system within a democracy. Some performances hinted at slavery’s cruelty, some depicted newly freed Black characters living happily alongside whites, and others proposed returning Blacks to the continent as the solution for a dilemma Thomas Jefferson described as holding “a wolf by the ears.” This paper explores the Black revolutionary figure on the US and French stages during the last decade of the 18th century, as both nations struggled to put their principles of universal freedom into practice.

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5:15

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Tour of Boston Monuments Eleanor Citron In recent history, the question of what to do with monuments—particularly those of Confederate origins—has become a source of contentious debate. The City of Boston possessed one such monument on Georges Island. It was removed in 2017. Does this mean that Boston no longer possesses any problematic statues? In the words of Boston Globe journalist Ty Burr, “Are Boston’s statues honoring all the right men?” And who gets to decide? Join Eleanor Citron, a summer intern at the MHS, for a virtual tour of Metro Boston’s monuments—from those championed by the city to those beheaded, uprooted, and things in between.

To reserve: This is an online program. Please register at www.masshist.org/events.

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MONDAY |

2:00

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Biographies of Suffrage Champions Ellen DuBois, University of California Los Angeles; Thomas Dublin, SUNY Binghamton; N. Lynn Eckhert, Partners HealthCare International Comment: Manisha Sinha, University of Connecticut Session 1 of 5 The conference will begin with opening remarks by MHS Pres. Catherine Allgor. The panel discussion will consider three pre-circulated essays: Ellen DuBois’s “Frederick Douglass and Elizabeth Cady Stanton,” Thomas Dublin’s “The Changing Shape of the Black Women Suffrage Movement, 1870–1920,” and N. Lynn Eckhert’s “The Role of African American and Women Physicians in Voting Rights in America.”

To reserve: This is an online program. Please register at www.masshist.org/events.

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TUESDAY |

12:00

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Marriage & the Amendments Helene Quanquin, University of Lille; Carol Faulkner, Syracuse University; Jessica Derleth, SUNY Binghamton Comment: Kathi Kern, University of Kentucky Session 2 of 5 This panel discussion will consider three pre-circulated essays: Helene Quanquin’s “Troubling Marriage: Abby Kelley and Stephen S. Foster and the 15th Amendment,” Carol Faulkner’s “Suffrage & the Specter of Interracial Marriage,” and Jessica Derleth’s “Marital Unity Through the Franchise: Suffragists’ Manipulation of Gender and Marriage Norms.”

To reserve: This is an online program. Please register at www.masshist.org/events.

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Conrad E. Wright Research Conference October 12 to 16, 2020

“Shall Not Be Denied” The 15th & 19th Amendments at the Sesquicentennial & Centennial of Their Ratifications

For the full conference schedule and to register, please visit:

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From the top, left to to right: Frederick Douglass, photograph, ca. 1817–1895; Detail of Reconstruction, J. L. Giles, 1867; Hugging a Delusion, Laura E. Foster, [before 1918]; The South’s Battalion of Death, broadside; “The Anti-Suffrage Rose,” Phil Hanna, ca. 1915; Mr. Voter!, circular; Proclaim Liberty Throughout All The Land..., unknown, Boston, 1843; Susan B. Anthony, photograph, ca. 1850; The First Vote, A. R. Waud; Suffrage Parade, May 1914.

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5:30

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A People’s Guide to Greater Boston Joseph Nevins, Vassar College, Suren Moodliar, and Eleni Macrakis A People’s Guide to Greater Boston reveals the region’s richness and vibrancy in ways that are neglected by traditional area guidebooks and obscured by many tourist destinations. It highlights tales of the places and people involved in movements to abolish slavery; to end war and militarism; to achieve Native sovereignty, racial equity, gender justice, and sexual liberation; and to secure workers’ rights. This one-of-a-kind guide points the way to a radically democratic Greater Boston, one that sparks social and environmental justice and inclusivity for all.

To reserve: This is an online program. Please register at www.masshist.org/events.

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WEDNESDAY |

2:00

| VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

The Federal Government & Voting Rights in States and across the Empire Silvana R. Siddali, Saint Louis University; Sunu Kodumthara, Southwestern Oklahoma State University; Laura R. Prieto, Simmons University Comment: Paul Finkelman, Gratz College Session 3 of 5 This panel discussion will consider three pre-circulated essays: Silvana R. Siddali’s “African American Suffrage, Western State Constitutions, and the 15th Amendment,” Sunu Kodumthara’s “Oklahoma, the 19th Amendment, and the ‘Threat’ of Racial Equality,” and Laura R. Prieto’s “Still Subjects, Not Sovereigns: 19th Amendment and American Empire in the Philippines.”

To reserve: This is an online program. Please register at www.masshist.org/events.

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THURSDAY |

1:30

| VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

Is She Disqualified From Voting?

Corinne T. Field, University of Virginia; Nicole Etcheson, Ball State University; Kara W. Swanson, Northeastern University School of Law; Rabia S. Belt, Stanford Law School Comment: Paula Austin, Boston University Session 4 of 5 This panel discussion will consider four pre-circulated essays: Corinne T. Field’s “Turning Ridicule into Respect: Old Women and Leadership in the Long Women’s Suffrage Movement, 1850–1920,” Nicole Etcheson’s “‘When Women Do Military Duty’: Women Suffrage and the Civil War Era,” Kara W. Swanson’s “Inventing Voters: Ability, Patents, and Civil Rights, 1870–1920,” and Rabia S. Belt’s “Disability and the Struggle for Voting Rights.”

To reserve: This is an online program. Please register at www.masshist.org/events.

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THURSDAY |

5:30

| VIRTUAL CONVERSATION

Thomas Nast: The Father of Modern Political Cartoons Fiona Deans Halloran and Pat Bagley

Thomas Nast pioneered American political cartooning. He created the Republican elephant and popularized the depiction of Santa Claus. Many prominent figures felt the sting of his biting satire, including “Boss” Tweed of Tammany Hall. However, Nast’s legacy also includes contradictions. He supported civil rights, the Union Army, and Black veterans, but also used offensive stereotypical images of Black men and suggested that their votes were easily manipulated. Halloran and celebrated editorial cartoonist Bagley will speak about the life and legacy of Thomas Nast with a particular focus on his views on African American voting and on cartooning as a form of political commentary.

To reserve: This is an online program. Please register at www.masshist.org/events.

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FRIDAY |

1:30

| VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

What Did the Amendments Not Cover?

Adam H. Domby, College of Charleston; Elizabeth Katz, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law Comment: Akhil Reed Amar, Yale Law School Session 5 of 5 This panel discussion will consider two pre-circulated essays: Adam H. Domby’s “The Lost Cause and the 15th Amendment: Disenfranchisement and the Passage of the 19th Amendment,” and Elizabeth Katz’s “Women’s Suffrage and the Right to Hold Public Office.” The session will be followed by concluding remarks from Allison Lange, Wentworth Institute of Technology, and Christian Samito, Boston University School of Law. To reserve: This is an online program. Please register at www.masshist.org/events.

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THURSDAY |

5:30

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Hamilton the Musical Richard Bell, University of Maryland

OCTOBER PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS

OCTOBER

America has Hamilton-mania! Its crafty lyrics, hip-hop tunes, and big, bold story have rejuvenated interest in the real lives and true histories that Hamilton puts center stage.

In this talk, Dr. Richard Bell explores this musical phenomenon to reveal what its success tells us about the marriage of history and show-business. Bell will examine what the musical gets right and gets wrong about Alexander Hamilton, the American Revolution, and the birth of the United States. He will also discuss Hamilton’s cultural impact: what does its runaway success reveal about the stories we tell each other about who we are and about the nation we made?

To reserve: This is an online program. Please register at www.masshist.org/events.

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THURSDAY, OCTOER 29 | 5:30 PM

Jefferson: Then & Now Peter Onuf, University of Virginia and Annette Gordon-Reed, Harvard Law School The reputations of all of the founders have changed dramatically over the course of American history, none more than that of Thomas Jefferson. Historians Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter Onuf will discuss the implications of recent political and social developments for our image of the slave-owning author of the Declaration of Independence, emphasizing the importance of situating Jefferson in his own historical context for a better understanding of the history and future prospects of democracy in America.

This program will take place online.

Please register at www.masshist.org/events.

Image: Thomas Jefferson, engraving by Dequevauvillier after a drawing by Desnoyers. Printed by Bettoni.

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Who Counts: A Look at Voter Rights through Political Cartoons Peter Drummey, MHS

Join Peter Drummey for a look at the Society’s virtual exhibition Who Counts? A Look at Voter Rights through Political Cartoons. Political cartoons have long served as provocateurs of public debate illustrating opinions of the day for the masses. The exhibition looks at how cartoons have explored two broad themes: efforts to expand access to voting and efforts to restrict access to voting. Illustrations explore voting as a civil right, women’s suffrage, and voting by mail as well as gerrymandering, the Electoral College, and political corruption.

To reserve: This is an online program. Please register at www.masshist.org/events.

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Dina G. Malgeri Modern American Society & Culture Writing Uncompensated Emancipation into the Lost Cause Amanda Kleintop, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Comment: Nina Silber, Boston University After the US Civil War, white southerners claimed federal reimbursements for the value of freed slaves Federal lawmakers rejected these claims in the 14th Amendment. Yet historians have long concluded that white southerners accepted uncompensated emancipation. Why did Americans forget these claims? This paper argues that white southerners abandoned them in the 1880s-1890s and rewrote history. They insisted that property in humans was “unprofitable,” and they did not need compensation after Confederate defeat. This narrative helped them reestablish political power and absolve themselves of four years of bloodshed and generations of enslavement.

To reserve: This is an online program. Please register at www.masshist.org/events.

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Jefferson: Then & Now Peter Onuf, University of Virginia, and Annette Gordon-Reed, Harvard University The reputations of all of the founders have changed dramatically over the course of American history, none more than that of Thomas Jefferson. Historians Annette GordonReed and Peter Onuf will discuss the implications of recent political and social developments for our image of the slave-owning author of the Declaration of Independence, emphasizing the importance of situating Jefferson in his own historical context for a better understanding of the history and future prospects of democracy in America.

To reserve: This is an online program. Please register at www.masshist.org/events.

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Take a look at our upcoming slate of online author talks, panel discussions, workshops, seminars, and brown-bag lunch programs.

Please visit www.masshist.org/events for updates and to register.

NOVEMBER Thursday, November 5, at 5:15 PM: African American History Seminar, Success to the Literary Society! Black Male Youth Organizing in Early 19th-Century Boston with Kabria Baumgartner, University of New Hampshire, Durham, and comment by Elizabeth McHenry, New York University.

Monday, November 9, at 5:30 PM: A Treasury of Massachusetts House Museums & Local History Orgs: What Is a House Museum, a conversation with William Hosley, Terra Firma Northeast.

Tuesday, November 10, at 5:15 PM: Environmental History Seminar, “Not to Us Chained”: Nature & the Radicalism of Sacco & Vanzetti with Chad Montrie, UMass Lowell, and Federico Paolini, Università della Campania L. Vanvitelli, with comment by Avi Chomsky, Salem State University.

Thursday, November 12, at 5:15 PM: New England Biography Series, How We Go On: Three Lives of Persistence, Resistance, & Resilience with Nicholas Basbanes, Kimberly Hamlin, Miami University, John Loughery, and moderator Julie Dobrow, Tufts University.

Monday, November 16, at 5:30 PM: A Treasury of Massachusetts House Museums & Local History Orgs: Authors’ Houses, a conversation with William Hosley, Terra Firma Northeast.

Tuesday, November 17, at 6:30 PM: Making History Gala with Jon Meacham and Emily Rooney, GBH. Tuesday, November 17, at 8:00 PM: Young Patron Party with Tori Bedford, GBH News and All Rev’d Up podcast.

Wednesday, November 18, at 5:30 PM: Penelope Winslow, Plymouth Colony First Lady: Re-Imagining a Life with Michelle Marchetti Coughlin.

Thursday, November 19, at 5:15 PM: Digital History Seminar, Data Prosopography & Archives of Violence in 19th-Century Virginia with Anelise Shrout, Bates College, and comment by Robert K. Nelson, University of Richmond.

Monday, November 23, at 5:30 PM: A Treasury of Massachusetts House Museums & Local History Orgs: Hidden Gems, a conversation with William Hosley, Terra Firma Northeast.

Monday, November 30, at 5:30 PM: The Power of Objects in 18th-Century British America with Jennifer Van Horn, University of Delaware. This is the second Annual Fiori Lecture on Material Culture.

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Tuesday, December 1, at 5:15 PM: Pauline Maier Early American History Seminar, Caribbean Connections—A Panel Discussion with Charlotte Carrington-Farmer, Roger Williams University, Casey Schmitt, Cornell University, and comment by Ryan Quintana, Wellesley College.

Thursday, December 3, at 5:15 PM: African American History Seminar, Emancipation in America, Seen Through One Man’s Dreadlocks with Abigail Cooper, Brandeis University, and comment by Kellie Carter Jackson, Wellesley College. This seminar is rescheduled from Spring 2020.

Monday, December 7, at 5:30 PM: Bank Notes & Shinplasters: The Rage for Paper Money in the Early Republic with Joshua R. Greenberg.

Tuesday, December 8, at 5:15 PM: History of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Seminar, Black Women’s Worlds in Antebellum America—A Panel Discussion with Kelly Kean Sharp, Luther College, and Alisha Hines, Wake Forest University, and comment by Tiya Miles, Harvard University.

Monday, December 14, at 5:30 PM: They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony & the Contest for American Liberty with John G. Turner, George Mason University.

Wednesday, December 16, at 5:30 PM: Cross of Snow: A Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with Nicholas A. Basbanes.

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