Apr 3, 2024
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YaleWomen Presents: From the Epic Journey of Ellen and William Craft to Yale and Slavery
Do you know the incredible story of Ellen and William Craft, two slaves who disguised themselves as a white male master and “his” black slave and escaped the South to their freedom?
Did you know that Yale recently published Yale and Slavery, a comprehensive examination of how slavery and resistance to it have shaped the institution?
Join llyon Woo, YC '94 and New York Times best-selling author of Master, Slave, Husband, Wife, and Crystal Feimster, Associate Professor in the Departments of African American Studies and History and the Programs of American Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Head of Pierson College, and member of the Yale & Slavery Working Group, in conversation about the significance of both stories.
Speakers:
llyon Woo, YC '94 and New York Times best-selling author of Master, Slave, Husband, Wife
Crystal Feimster, Associate Professor in the Departments of African American Studies and History and the Programs of American Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Head of Pierson College, and member of the Yale & Slavery Working Group
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