WORCESTER, Mass. – Thomas Doughton, historian from the College of the Holy Cross, will give a talk and tour to open the "Enslaved in the Americas" exhibit on Jan. 15 at 3 to 5 p.m. in the Saxe Room of the Worcester Public Library, 1 Salem Square.
On display on the second floor of the library, the exhibit is open free of charge to the public through March 31 during normal library hours: Tuesday - Thursday, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.- Friday - Saturday, 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.- and Sunday 1:30 -5:30. A dance and live music will also be among the events at the opening.
The exhibit will include papers written during the Fall 2004 semester by Doughton’s students in the Africana Studies course "Africans and the Atlantic: An Introduction to the African Diaspora," an interdisciplinary seminar which explores the practices and experiences of people of African descent throughout the African Diaspora in the Atlantic world. The papers, written to fulfill the community-based learning portion of the seminar, contribute additional information and perspectives on the topic of the history of enslavement in the Americas.
The exhibit is a prelude to the Willis Center Cultural Institute’s 8th Annual African American Festival, which will held at Mechanics Hall Feb. 4-6. The exhibit will include artifacts, documents and antiquarian books related to enslavement in the Americas as well as documented local family histories.
Docent tours will be available Feb. 9, 16 and 23.
The exhibit is a collaborative project of the Willis Community Center, Holy Cross’ Center for Interdisciplinary and Special Studies and the College’s Donelan Office of Community Based Learning.
"Enslaved in the Americas" Opens at Worcester Public Library With Talk and Tour by Holy Cross Historian
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