Lapidus Center Talks @ Noon

Enjoy exciting talks on works in progress on the slave trade, slavery, and anti-slavery in the Atlantic World.

Westenley Alcenat, PhD Candidate Columbia University, Lapidus Center Fellow
Prince Saunders and African-American Emigration to Haiti: A Transatlantic Career in the Quest for Citizenship, 1815-1826

No significant monographs to date exist on Prince Saunders, an African-American abolitionist whose transatlantic crossings between the United States, England and Haiti demonstrates that the African-American struggle for citizenship at home, have always transcended American borders. In this first ever Lapidus Center Talks @ Noon program, brought to you by the Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery, this conversation will take a look at the extensive contribution Saunders made to early antislavery efforts, and explore how Saunders should be considered among the earliest founders of black transatlantic abolitionism. 

Space is limited.

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FIRST COME, FIRST SEATED
For free events, we generally overbook to ensure a full house. All registered seats are released 15 to 30 minutes before start time, so we recommend that you arrive early.

PRESS 
Please send all press inquiries (photo, video, interviews, audio-recording, etc) at least 24-hours before the day of the program to Angela Montefinese at angelamontefinise@nypl.org.

Please note that professional photography and video recordings are prohibited without expressed consent.