Influenced them. And it showed how they prepared for playing slavery and the research that goes into their roles. The hourlong is organized by the tennessee civil war sesquintennial event. I hope you have enjoyed your day today. I tell people i was raised in ohio and where i grew up, the civil war was a paragraph or two. Slavery ended. Thats all we needed to know. That wasnt nothing to be discussed or deliberated. I began to understand that the civil war was more than a story in a book. I began to understand this war impacted real people families, communities, businesses, and its presence is still felt today. I had the opportunity to restoring, preserving, and reclaiming the battlefields, education and advocacy is no less important. My great great grandmother was born into slavery in texas and she was 8 years old when the territory was freed held by the confederates. And emphasized the listing. It was with this proclamation that the war to preserve the union became a revolutionary stru
Histories. Mary elliott, curator at the Smithsonian National museum of African American history and culture, will moderate. Mary cocurated the museums slavery and freedom exhibit and served as curator and content developer for their digital humanities project. The searchable museum. Please note that there is a change to the panel as listed in your program. Dr. Elizabeth chew was unable to attend today and dr. Sarah bon harper, who you heard from earlier, will be joining the panel. Dr. Ben harper initiated research at highland that led to the discovery of the archaeological remains of the monroes main house and opened a new chapter of site interpretation with inclusive narratives enriched by descendant collaboration. Our next panelist, andrew davenport, is the public historian at the Thomas Jefferson foundation and manager of the getting word africanamerican oral history project at monticello. He is currently a ph. D. Candidate at Georgetown University ity. Our final panelist is my coll
Now im delighted to introduce our next panel of impressive scholars who will discuss slavery at president ial sites and how these places are sharing and promoting more inclusive histories. Mary elliott, curator at the Smithsonian National museum of African American history and culture, will moderate. Mary cocurated the museums slavery and freedom exhibit and served as curator and content developer for their digital humanities project. The searchable museum. Please note that there is a change to the panel as listed in your program. Dr. Elizabeth chew was unable to attend today and dr. Sarah bon harper, who you heard from earlier, will be joining the panel. Dr. Ben harper initiated research at highland that led to the discovery of the archaeological remains of the monroes main house and opened a new chapter of site interpretation with inclusive narratives enriched by descendant collaboration. Our next panelist, andrew davenport, is the public historian at the Thomas Jefferson foundation
Now im delighted to introduce our next panel of impressive scholars who will discuss slavery at president ial sites and how these places are sharing and promoting more inclusive histories. Mary elliott, curator at the Smithsonian National museum of African American history and culture, will moderate. Mary cocurated the museums slavery and freedom exhibit and served as curator and content developer for their digital humanities project. The searchable museum. Please note that there is a change to the panel as listed in your program. Dr. Elizabeth chew was unable to attend today and dr. Sarah bon harper, who you heard from earlier, will be joining the panel. Dr. Ben harper initiated research at highland that led to the discovery of the archaeological remains of the monroes main house and opened a new chapter of site interpretation with inclusive narratives enriched by descendant collaboration. Our next panelist, andrew davenport, is the public historian at the Thomas Jefferson foundation
The discovery of the archaeological remains of the monroes main house and opened a new chapter of site interpretation with inclusive narratives enriched by descendant collaboration. Our next panelist, andrew davenport, is the public historian at the Thomas Jefferson foundation and manager of the getting word africanamerican oral history project at monticello. He is currently a ph. D. Candidate at Georgetown University ity. Our final panelist is my colleague lena mann, historian at the White House Historical association. Lenas research at the association focuses on the enslaved individuals that built, lived and worked in the white house. Please join me in welcoming our panelists to the stage. Oh, great. Good, good. Good afternoon. Thats nice and enthusiastic after that wonderful life. Mm hmm. I actually think is there nap room . Well, its a pleasure to be here this afternoon. And we have a wonderful conversation and thats going to unfold on stage. And im really honored to be on stage wi