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Engaging with the Legacies of Northern Slavery, April 5, 2025
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You can now watch recordings of the event below.
EVENT RECORDINGS
Morning Session: https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/
Afternoon Session: https://vimeo.com/1074072337/
SURVEY
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MF9P5JN
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
If you would like more information about the Witness Stones Project, please visit their website, WitnessStonesProject.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Saturday, April 5, 2025
9:15–9:30 a.m. Welcome: John Davis, President and CEO of Historic Deerfield, and Pat Wilson Pheanious, Executive Director of Witness Stones.
9:30–10:15 a.m. “From Lorenzo Greene to Gloria McCahon Whiting: The History, Historiography, and Future of New England Slavery Studies”
Jerrad Pacatte, Associate Research Fellow with the “Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery Project” at Harvard University
10:15–11 a.m. “A Constellation of Hope & Freedom: Literary Activism, A Black American Tradition”
Erika Slocumb, Director of Interpretation and Visitor Experience at the Stowe Center for Literary Activism in Hartford, CT, and Ph.D. candidate of Black Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
11–11:20 a.m. Break
11:20 a.m.–12:05 p.m. “From Chains to Change”
Anika Lopes, Founder and President, Ancestral Bridges Foundation Inc.
12:05–2 p.m. Lunch and time for exploration of the Witness Stones
2–2:45 p.m. “Discard all associations that bind [you]”: Rethinking the relationship between slavery in Deep South and Western Massachusetts”
Dr. Ousmane Power-Greene, Professor of History at Clark University
2:45–3:30 p.m. “Interpreting Slavery as Part of the 21st-Century Civil Rights Movement”
Kristin Gallas, Founder and Principal, MUSE Consulting
3:30–3:50 p.m. Break
3:50–4:35 p.m. “Claiming America: A Descendant’s Perspective on the Importance of Learning and Teaching Hard History”
Pat Wilson Pheanious, Executive Director of Witness Stones.
4:35–4:45 p.m. Concluding remarks
5:00–5:45 p.m. Optional: “Slavery, Labor, and Freedom” Walking Tour. This tour is included in the program but requires pre-registration.