FIRESIDE CHAT: The Rising Generation: Gradual Abolition, Black Legal Culture, and the Making of National Freedom
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Fireside Chat with Sarah Gronningsater The Rising Generation: Gradual Abolition, Black Legal Culture, and the Making of National Freedom Thursday, January 14th, 2025 7:00 PM ET Virtual
Event Details
Fireside Chat with Sarah Gronningsater
The Rising Generation: Gradual Abolition, Black Legal Culture, and the Making of National Freedom
Thursday, January 14th, 2025
7:00 PM ET
Virtual Event | Free
Sarah Gronningsater is delighted to join Carolyn Zola for a conversation about Sarah’s new book, The Rising Generation: Gradual Abolition, Black Legal Culture, and the Making of National Freedom (Penn Press, 2024). The Rising Generation tells a new story about the long history of emancipation in the United States as it follows the cradle-to-grave experiences of a remarkable generation of black New Yorkers who were born into quasi-freedom after the American Revolution and reached adulthood on the eve the Civil War. Gronningsater examines the role this generation played in advocating for equality before the law, excellent public education, and the end of slavery nationwide. In a broad sense, this generation helped shape important changes to the U.S. Constitution as well as groundbreaking federal civil rights legislation.
Sarah Gronningsater is an assistant professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of several journal articles and book chapters that focus on African American voting, legal practices, citizenship, and democracy in the long 19th century.
Sarah’s most recent publication, The Rising Generation: Gradual Abolition, Black Legal Culture, and the Making of National Freedom, is available for purchase here.
Sponsored by the Program of Early American Economy and Society
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January 14, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm(GMT-05:00)
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