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Lecture, "Was It Justice?: Convict Labor And The Practice Of Punishment In America"

Lecture, "Was It Justice?: Convict Labor And The Practice Of Punishment In America"

Please join us for the lecture, “Was It Justice? Convict Labor And The Practice Of Punishment In America,” by Dr. Mary Ellen Curtin, Associate Professor of History at American University. The lecture will explore the history of forced labor as legal punishment for men and women, black and white.


The event is co-sponsored by Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, Department of English, Department of History, the Institute for African American Studies, and the Institute for Women's Studies. The event is free and open to the public. Free parking for off-campus visitors is available in the Hull Street Deck. For more information, contact Kaitlin Dotson, 706-542-6367, kdotson@uga.edu

Hargrett Library’s new exhibit The New South and New Slavery: Convict Labor in Georgia is open now through December 13, 2019. The Hargrett Library Gallery is free and open to the public Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturdays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m

Date:
Monday, September 16, 2019
Time:
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Location:
Special Collections Auditorium
Campus:
Richard B. Russell Special Collections Library
Categories:
  Lecture  

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