Tompkins County Public
Library, in partnership with the Tompkins County Civil War Sesquicentennial
Celebration Commission (TCCWSCC), will host "Freedom
on the Move: The Underground Railroad and Big Data," a presentation by
Edward E. Baptist, October 21 at 6 p.m. in the BorgWarner Community Room.
An associate professor in Cornell University’s Department of History, Baptist is a noted scholar and speaker on the enslavement of African Americans in the southern United States. He teaches courses on the Civil War, slavery, the American South, masculinity, modernity and modernization, the first half of the American survey, and 19th century U.S. History.
Baptist’s Library presentation will explore the historical importance of runaway slaves, the Freedom on the Move ad project and how citizen historians will change the future.
This program is being presented as part of a five-year partnership between the Library and the TCCWSCC to provide opportunities for community conversation and increased awareness about the Civil War. It is free and open to the public.
For more information about Library programs, contact Carrie Wheeler-Carmenatty at cwheeler@tcpl.org or (607) 272-4557 extension 248. For information about the Tompkins County Civil War Sesquicentennial Commemoration Commission, contact Carol Kammen, Tompkins County historian, at ckk6@cornell.edu.
An associate professor in Cornell University’s Department of History, Baptist is a noted scholar and speaker on the enslavement of African Americans in the southern United States. He teaches courses on the Civil War, slavery, the American South, masculinity, modernity and modernization, the first half of the American survey, and 19th century U.S. History.
Baptist’s Library presentation will explore the historical importance of runaway slaves, the Freedom on the Move ad project and how citizen historians will change the future.
This program is being presented as part of a five-year partnership between the Library and the TCCWSCC to provide opportunities for community conversation and increased awareness about the Civil War. It is free and open to the public.
For more information about Library programs, contact Carrie Wheeler-Carmenatty at cwheeler@tcpl.org or (607) 272-4557 extension 248. For information about the Tompkins County Civil War Sesquicentennial Commemoration Commission, contact Carol Kammen, Tompkins County historian, at ckk6@cornell.edu.
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