Thursday, March 20, 2008

Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the United States Transatlantic Slave Trade: Legacy of Black Enslavement and Its Consequences

For Immediate Press Release

In Commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade to the United States (1808-2008) the Committee to Commemorate and Memorialize the Abolition of the Slave Trades (CMAST) presents a public forum on: The Legacy of Black Enslavement and Its Consequences.

Lecturers include distinguished American historians Drs. Colin A. Palmer (Princeton University) and Kate Clifford Larson (Simmons College, MA).
Dr. Afua Cooper (CMAST Founder) will give opening remarks and Dr. Caldwell Taylor (Attorney-at-Law) will make commentary.

Date and Time: Wednesday, March 26, 2008; 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Place: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (University of Toronto)
252 Bloor West, Toronto M5S 1V6 (St. George Subway)
Admission: $10.00

Following the discussion, there will be a book signing by the presenters.

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Colin A. Palmer is the Dodge Professor of History at Princeton University and author of Human Cargoes: The British Slave Trade to Spanish America and Eric Williams and the Making of the Modern Caribbean.

Kate Clifford Larson is a professor of history at Simmons College and author of Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero.

Afua Cooper is a poet, historian and an award winning author of many publications including The Hanging of Angelique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montreal and co-author of The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Toronto!

Caldwell Taylor is an attorney-at-law, and a former Grenadan ambassador to the United Nations.

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