Lectures tagged "Slave Trade"

Paul Goodnight: Memorial for the Middle Passage
Paul Goodnight
October 30, 2008
00:26:54
African cultural artist Paul Goodnight talks about the power of art and its ability to fight inhumanity, change perceptions, and heal old wounds. This is what a Boston monument memorializing the slave trade's "Middle Passage" could do for the world.
Molasses: From the Slave Trade to the Great Flood
Anthony M. Sammarco
December 6, 2007
00:40:44
Historian Anthony Sammarco traces molasses from the slave trade to the abolitionist movement to the great molasses flood in Boston's North End.
Twelve Men in a Printing Shop, May 22, 1787
Adam Hochschild
December 1, 2005
01:14:46
Adam Hochschild presents a lecture on the birth of British abolitionism. This is the subject of his newest book, Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves. He is introduced by David Northrup, a member of the history faculty at Boston College.
This Far By Faith: Francis Bok Speaks Out
Francis Bok
April 21, 2003
00:50:08
Francis Bok speaks to Harvard Law School students and community members about the horrors of slavery from his own experience, and shares how his faith helped to keep him alive. Since his escape, he has dedicated his life to speaking on behalf of those who are still in bondage.