And educational institutions in newly freed africanamerican communities. Professor turner alright, so today, we are going to be talking about the meaning of freedom, and i wanted to capture our earlier discussions about the meaning of freedom when we thought about free communities, free folks in the north and how we came with this representation of freedom as freedom with a line through it. Not quite freedom. Two freedoms, this question of freedom and what did it mean . For today, we are going to be talking about what did freedom mean . In particular, what did it mean to the free people . And in january of 1865, the secretary of war, Edward Stanton and Union General William Sherman had a meeting with 20 preachers in savannah, georgia. They were preachers, pastors, lay church leaders, and they wanted to find out from these preachers basically what is it that the freed people wanted from freedom . What did they expect . And particularly, what did they expect in the aftermath of the emanc
Federal government debated political and legal definitions. Professor turner also discusses of religious role and educational institutions in newly freed africanamerican communities. Professor turner ok, so today, we are going to be talking about the meaning of freedom and i wanted to capture our earlier discussions about the meaning of freedom when we talked about free communities, free folks in the north and how we came with this representation of freedom. Reedom the question of freedom and what does it mean. For today, we are going to be talking about what did freedom mean . In particular, what did it mean to the free people . In january of 1865, the secretary of war, Edward Stanton and general William Sherman had a meeting with 20 preachers in savannah, georgia. They were preachers, pastors, lay Church Leaders and they wanted to find out from these preachers basically what is it that the freed people wanted from freedom . What did they expect . And what did they expect in the after
This evening performance and talkback of meet james for an exciting original play commissioned from playwright mercer kennedy by the museum Khalil Williams who im joined by is the founder of black history maven a longtime collaborate with the museum in our living history projects our diversify Living History Initiative and after the performance, im gonna vacate my seat give it up to mike idris, who is the museums africanamerican interpretive fellow lifelong, philadelphia, and who was really the the brains behind this incredible play. Theyre gonna see the historical advisor on this piece written by marissa kennedy, which youll see performed by Nathan Alfred tate. Were really excited to be doing a lot with james horton story. Not just right now when you can visit this cool painting daily here more about later, but also in the future weve got exciting programming and exhibitions about the fort and family coming up, but i dont want to steal any of that thunder. Im gonna let you ask questio
brains behind this incredible play you ll see the historical advisorhi on this piece writteny marisa kennedy which you will see performed by nathan alford-tate there were excited to be doing a lot with james forten not just right now when you can visit this painting you will hear more about later but also in the future. with excited program and exhibitions about the fort andt family coming up but i don t want to steal any of anye thunder. i m going to let you ask questions of a kalela and mike later. drop your questions inn the chat when kalela will be moderating and selecting someer of his questions for these guys to answer. without further ado take your seats and meet james forten. wilw so this is the commerce ready to take us to england. it s almost time to set sail. a new voyage a new opportunity i know this kind of journey is familiar to you, but this is a new adventure for me. this this is my home. dark lord the noise of the wharfs the mingling of different accents and
collaborate with the museum in our living history projects our diversify living history initiative and after the performance, i m gonna vacate my seat give it up to mike idris, who is the museum s african-american interpretive fellow lifelong, philadelphia, and who was really the the brains behind this incredible play. they re gonna see the historical advisor on this piece written by marissa kennedy, which you ll see performed by nathan alfred tate. we re really excited to be doing a lot with james horton story. not just right now when you can visit this cool painting daily here more about later, but also in the future we ve got exciting programming and exhibitions about the fort and family coming up, but i don t want to steal any of that thunder. i m gonna let you ask questions of kalala and and nathan later, so feel free to drop your questions into the chat either during the performance or afterwards when khalila will be moderating a conversation and selecting some of those