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After A Long Silence: The Emerging History of American Contrabands – A Symposium at Fort Monroe (Hampton)
May 22 @ 8:30 am - May 23 @ 9:00 pm
Friday, May 22:
Session 1: Making History Visible: Museums, Memory and Creative Interpretation 9:00 – 10:15 AM
Session 2: Legacy Keepers: Descendants and the Stories of Freedom 10:30 AM – 11:45 PM
Session 3: Challenges and Fragments to Framework: Rebuilding Contraband History
PART 1 – 1:30 – 2:45 PM
PART 2 – 3:00 – 4:15 PM
Session 4: When History Finds Its Voice: Authors Roundtable Readings and Reflections 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Book signing and reception to follow
Saturday May 23:
Session 5: They Took Up Arms: The Self-Emancipated and the United States Colored Troops of Fort Monroe 9:00 – 10:15 AM
Session 6: From Hidden to Searchable: The Contraband Digital Archive Goes Live 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Session 7: Elmerton Unearthed: Recovering the Contraband Cemetery 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
The Annual Commemoration of the Contraband Decision of 1861
at The Chapel of the Centurion 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Short evening reception to follow