Remember what we said about our speakers and their commitment to mentorship and education. Shes the author of essays published in 2018 and 2019 in the civil war and transformation of american citizenship. And new perspectives on the union war. As i was preparing this introduction, i read her work in the flagship journal civil war history, part of a roundtable discussion about new civil war revisionism. Her book manuscript, mentioned in your program, women, slavery and the boundaries of freedom in washington, d. C. Is now under contract, i am pleased to say. With u. N. C. Press. It explains how black women in the Nations Capital made claims to liberty during the civil war. It is from that work that the program today is derived, free women, mobilizing emancipation, citizenship and self making in wartime washington, d. C. Ladies and gentlemen, tamika unley. [applause] prof. Nunley thank you. Good afternoon. Should thank you extra, because it is after lunch, late in the afternoon and you a
What does it mean. For today, we are going to be talking about what did freedom mean and in particular, what did freedom mean to the free people . 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, late Church Leaders and they wanted to find out from these preachers basically what is it that free people wanted from freedom . What did they expect . Particularly, what did they expect in the aftermath of the emancipation proclamation . The group of 20 people whose ostensibly rebranded of of free black folks and the community selected garrison frazier, a 67 year old man to be the representative of the community. To speak for them. General sherman asked them, or asked him, basically what did he understand freedom to me especially in light of the emancipation proclamation . He said basically taking us from under the yoke of bondage and placing us where we can reach the po
Shes no stranger to virginia, having earned her, one of her m. A. s and phd at the university of virginia. At oberlin, she created the history design lab that allows students to develop projects involving methodological approaches ranging from oral history, podcast, historical fiction and public history. Remember what we said about our speakers and their commitment to mentorship and education. Shes the author of the civil war and transformation of american citizenship. As i was preparing this introduction, i read her work in the flagship journal civil war history, part of a roundtable discussion about new civil war revisionism. Also, women, sl slavery and the boundaries of freedom in washington, d. C. Is now under contract, i am pleased to say, explaining how black women in the Nations Capital made claims to liberty during the civil war. The program today free women, mobilizing emancipation and citizenship in wartime washington, d. C. Ladies and gentlemen, tamika nunley. [applause] pro
Virginia at oberlin she has created the history design lab that allows students to develop scholarly projects that involve approaches that range from digital humanities, exhibit design, oral history and remember what i said about speakers and their commitment to mentorship and to education. Shes the author of essays published in 2018 and 19 in the civil war and the transformation of american citizenship and new perspectives on the union war. As i was preparing this introduction, i read her work in the flagship journal Civil War History as part of a round table discussion about the new civil war revisionism. Her book manuscripted mentioned in your printed program is now under contract, im pleased to say with the unc press. It examines how black women strategically used the laws geography of the Nations Capital to make claims to liberty during the civil war. It is from that work that her program today is derived. Free women, mobileizing emancipation and citizenship and selfmaking in wart
Design, oral history and remember what i said about speakers and their commitment to mentorship and to education. Shes the author of essays published in 2018 and 19 in the civil war and the transformation of american citizenship and new perspectives on the union war. As i was preparing this introduction, i read her work in the flagship journal Civil War History as part of a round table discussion about the new civil war revisionism. Her book manuscript mentioned in your printed program is now under contract, im pleased to say, with unc press. It examines how black women strategically used the laws geography of the Nations Capital to make claims to liberty during the civil war. It is from that work that her program today is derived. Freed women, mobilizing emancipation and citizenship and selfmaking in wartime washington, d. C. Ladies and gentlemen, tamkia nunley. [ applause ] thank you. Good afternoon and i should thank you extra because it is after lunch, late in the afternoon and you