Antislavery: Colonial Beginnings to Emancipation
Where: New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
212-873-3400 Price: $30
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Long before Abraham Lincoln penned the Emancipation Proclamation, opponents of slavery employed every available literary form — from essays and plays to sermons and hymns — to wage a heroic battle. An expert panel reflects on the pioneering writers and thinkers, from the eighteenth century through Emancipation, who challenged social norms and whose revolutionary ideas helped overthrow a poisonous national institution.
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