CHAT Fellow Presentation: "Bidding Adieu to Dixie": Claiming Black Freedom in Wartime West Virginia, with Daniel Sunshine, 10/8
48 Professors Row, Medford
Join us October 8th at 4 pm to hear CHAT Postdoctoral Fellow Daniel Sunshine discuss his latest research into slavery and colonialism in America. All are welcome. Light refreshments will be served.
Daniel Sunshine is a historian of race and slavery in the early United States. As a postdoctoral fellow, he contributes to public humanities projects, teaching, and research related to Slavery, Colonialism, and their Legacies at Tufts University initiative.
Currently, he is completing a book project entitled A Curse Upon Your Union: Crafting Black Freedom and Wartime Reconstruction in Appalachia. He is also involved with research and advocacy on behalf of an African American community group in Richmond, Virginia tied to the legacies of medical racism in the 19th century. He earned his PhD in History from the University of Virginia.
All are welcome. For questions, contact humanities@tufts.edu.
