Monday, July 10
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1 hour
This wonderful tour and talk explores the newly opened exhibition of Douglass prints, photographs and ephemera at the Smithsonian Institution National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. Guest curator Prof. John Stauffer (Harvard University) and National Portrait Gallery Senior Curator of Photographs Ann Shumard provide insight into the exhibition through a discussion moderated by Dr. Keidrick Roy (Dartmouth College).
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1.5 hours
The Frederick Douglass Papers Project collects, edits, and publishes in books and online the speeches, letters, autobiographies, and other writings of Frederick Douglass. The project's primary aim has been to make Douglass’ surviving works accessible to a broad audience, and the effort celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
To mark the occasion, Ezra Greenspan of Southern Methodist University will moderate a discussion that includes insight into the project’s early years and current work on new print and digital editions. Participants include Larry Powell, Jeff Duvall, Jack Kaufmann-McKivigan, Sue Perdue, Caroline Dunham-Schroeter and Kristin Leary.
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10 minutes
After Frederick Douglass published The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass to great acclaim, he undertook an abolitionist speaking tour throughout Ireland. His experiences hearing Daniel O’Connell speak and meeting with the Irish and being in the country, gave Douglass a renewed appreciation for the power of words to inspire change. Learn more about Douglass’s time in Ireland in this short presentation!
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1 hour
Where did Black freedom fighters lecture in Britain? Who were they speaking to and how did they get around? Using original archival research and new discoveries about specific venues (including some Historic England and English Heritage sites), Dr. Hannah-Rose Murray will take you on a visual exploration of activism across the country. This project expands her digital humanities project, www.frederickdouglassinbritain.com, which maps Black activist speaking locations and highlights how Black activists forever changed the landscape of Britain and Ireland.
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1 hour
WATCH HEREDr. Hannah-Rose Murray reveals how Black abolitionists relied on a close relationship between visual arts and print as part of their lecturing tours in Britain and Ireland during the 19th century.
Relying on contemporary technologies, Black abolitionists sold their narratives at the end of antislavery lectures to raise money for their own survival or for the purchase of family members. They also printed illustrations from their literary work on handbills, exhibited weapons of torture, performed lectures, songs and poetry alongside their own paintings and panoramas, and starred in plays based on their own lives on the Victorian stage.
Murray will discuss revolutionary and neglected figures, including Moses Roper and James Watkins, as well as activists who have never been discussed before in contemporary literature, such as James C. Thompson, John Williams and Washington Duff.
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15 minutes
Join us for a warm welcome from #DouglassWeek team members, an overview of what’s to come, and introductions of #DouglassWeek presenters and participants.