bicentennial of the abolition of the
anglo-american trade in
african captives
 
Presented by the Department of African American Studies, the Department of History, the Department of Social Work, and the Multicultural Genealogical Center

Schedule of Events

Thursday, March 1, 2007

7 pm: Keynote Lecture by Dr. David Eltis, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of History, Emory University. His lecture is titled: The Significance of British and U.S. Abolition of the Slave Trade: A Bicentennial Perspective. During this lecture, Dr. Eltis will "premier" the web version of "The Transatlantic Slave Trade Database." The database comprising 35,000 slave trade voyages between 1526 and 1866 allows the construction of a revised 350-year profile of the slave trade. Eltis will use this new resource to reassess the various factors behind the slave trade, as well as the generation of fresh insights into how the slave trade came to an end and what the impact was of attempts to suppress the traffic. (Location, New Baker Center Theater)

Friday, March 2, 2007

10 am-12 pm: Dr. David Eltis will provide a mini-workshop on the web version of "The Transatlantic Slave Trade Database." (Location, New Baker Center, Multicultural Center)

2:00 pm-3:45 pm: An Ohio University faculty panel will explore the slave trade, its abolition, and subsequent consequences. (Location, New Baker Center, Room 242)

Participants:

• Dr. Nicholas Creary (Dept. of History)- "An Irony of History: The Expansion of Slavery and Colonization Across the African Continent in the Wake of 1807-1808."
• Dr. Mariana Dantas (Dept. of History)- "A Southern Counterpart: African Slavery and the Atlantic Slave Trade in Brazil."
• Dr. Robin Jenkins (Historian, Dept. of African American Studies)- "Toward Western Redemption: the Impact of the Internal Slave Trade on Western Expansion in North America."
• Dr. Brian Schoen (Dept. of History)- "'Love of Justice and Love of Country': Thomas Jefferson and the US Prohibition of the Atlantic Slave Trade."

4:00 pm-5:00 pm: Local History Panel (Location, New Baker Center, Room 242)

Participants:

• Charles Fox (Outreach Coordinator, President's Office for Diversity, Ohio University)- "The Bower: A Breeding Plantation in Jefferson County, WV."
• Déanda Johnson (Coordinator, African American Research and Service Institute, Ohio University)- "Remembering Slavery: The African American Presence in the Ohio River Valley Oral History Project."

7:00 pm: The 2007 Annual Alvin Adams Memorial Lecture by Dr. Eric Burin, associate professor of history at the University of North Dakota. His lecture is titled, "'Love of Liberty Brought Us Here': Liberia and the Politics of Slavery." He will discuss the African Colonization Movement. Premised on the idea that racial harmony was impossible, the African Colonization Movement was a two-hundred year campaign to transport black Americans to Africa. The American Colonization Society (ACS) was the foremost manifestation of this lengthy crusade. Founded in 1816, the ACS established the colony of Liberia in West Africa as a place for black settlement. By 1904, the ACS had transported 16,000 black Americans to Africa. Burin will investigate the individuals who emigrated to Liberia, the places they came from, what happened to them in Africa, what they said about their experiences, and how their testimonials influenced the slavery debates in America. (Location: New Baker Center Theater)