High Politics, History from Below and Slave Emancipation in the United States

Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic lecture/debate/seminar

Description

Presentation on changing nature of historiography of US slave emancipation, offering a framework that does not dismiss high politics but which devotes sufficient attention to agency among slaves and subordinate classes.
Period06 Nov 2007
Held atAmerican Antiquarian Society, United States
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • Historiography
  • African American History
  • Slavery
  • Emancipation
  • Pedagogy