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1619: American Enslavement 400 Years Later

with Dr. Hasan Jeffries

2019-12-11 19:00:00 2019-12-11 20:30:00 America/New_York 1619: American Enslavement 400 Years Later With Dr. Hasan Jeffries, we will go deeper into the development of African enslavement in the US and examine the many ways its legacy continues to shape and define life in the United States. Bexley Public Library - Bexley Library Auditorium

Wednesday, December 11
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2019-12-11 19:00:00 2019-12-11 20:30:00 America/New_York 1619: American Enslavement 400 Years Later With Dr. Hasan Jeffries, we will go deeper into the development of African enslavement in the US and examine the many ways its legacy continues to shape and define life in the United States. Bexley Public Library - Bexley Library Auditorium

Bexley Public Library

Bexley Library Auditorium

With Dr. Hasan Jeffries, we will go deeper into the development of African enslavement in the US and examine the many ways its legacy continues to shape and define life in the United States.

Four hundred years ago, on August 20, 1619, a ship carrying about 20 enslaved Africans arrived in the British colony of Virginia. Though the United States did not even exist yet, their arrival marked its foundation, the beginning of the system of slavery on which the country was built. Dr. Jeffries is back to examine the development of enslavement in the Americas and the many ways the legacy of slavery continues to shape and define life in the United States.

Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries was born in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from Midwood High School in 1990, he headed south, enrolling at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, the nation’s leading institution for educating African American men. He earned an MA in American history in 1997, and a PhD in American history with a specialization in African American history in 2002, both from Duke University. Since arriving at Ohio State, Hasan has taught graduate and undergraduate seminars on the Civil Rights and Black Power Movement, and surveys in African American and American history.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Civics, Current Events, and History |

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Bexley Public Library was founded in 1924 and first housed in Bexley High School, now Montrose Elementary School. The present building opened in 1929 and was designed by architects O.C. Miller and R.R. Reeves who drew upon French and Italian architecture from the 17th century for the design.

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