Natl Archives -- Panel -- Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865 -- Notes:
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Description of Pictures: Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861–1865
Pulitzer prize–winning author Annette Gordon-Reed leads a panel discussion of emancipation, Lincoln, and the Civil War. Panelists include James McPherson, Pulitzer prize–winning historian and professor emeritus at Princeton University; Edward Ayers, Civil War historian and president of the University of Richmond; Eric Foner, author and professor of history, Columbia University; and James Oakes, professor of history, City University of New York and author of Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861–1865. A book signing will follow the program. Presented in partnerhip with the National Archives Afro-American History Society.
The panel was introduced by David Ferriero, Chief Archivist of the United States.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., James Blanchard (former governor of Maryland), and Tom Wheeler, among others, were in the audience.
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FREEN1_130124_003.JPG: Henry Louis Gates Jr.
FREEN1_130124_008.JPG: Jim Blanchard
FREEN1_130124_012.JPG: Tom Wheeler
FREEN1_130124_013.JPG: Sharon Harley (a professor at University of Maryland), A'Lelia Bundles, and Henry Louis Gates Jr.
FREEN1_130124_082.JPG: A'Lelia Bundles
FREEN1_130124_140.JPG: Panelists left to right: Eric Foner, Edward Ayers, James McPherson, James Oakes, and Annette Gordon-Reed
FREEN1_130124_188.JPG: James Oakes
FREEN1_130124_210.JPG: James McPherson and James Oakes
FREEN1_130124_226.JPG: Eric Foner
FREEN1_130124_306.JPG: Edward Ayers
FREEN1_130124_370.JPG: Annette Gordon-Reed
FREEN2_130124_350.JPG: A'Lelia Bundles
FREEN2_130124_878.JPG: James Oakes and A'Lelia Bundles
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2013 photos: So far, my camera is mostly the Fuji X-S1 but, depending on the event, I'm also using a Nikon D7000 and Nikon D600.
Trips this year have been limited to a Civil War Trust conference in Memphis.