Sunday, October 4, 2009
Symposium 10/4/09
Rita Wagstaff - Tour of the Great House
Shawn Utsey, “Shockhoe Bottom, Lumpkin’s Jail, and the Negro Burial Ground.”
Shawn Utsey, “Shockhoe Bottom, Lumpkin’s Jail, and the Negro Burial Ground.”
Dr. Utsey spoke about the experience with the burial ground and what can be learned from the area. One view says let’s memorialize – others want to excavate. A cultural and class issue seems to be at the root of this divide. Who will be heard?
He showed a six minute piece of his documentary “Meet Me At the Bottom” Which will premier in October 2009 in Richmond. A spirited give and take ensued after the viewing ensued.
See Also:
- Handbook of African American Psychology
- An interview with Dr. Shawn Utsey, psychology professor and editor of The Journal of Black Psychology. Interviewed by Ms. LeOndra Clark.
- Hidden Things Brought to Light: Finding Lumpkin's Jail and Locating the Burial Ground for Negroes
Harriet and Dangerfield Newby in Slavery and Freedom
Harriet and Dangerfield Newby in Slavery and Freedom
Phil Schwarz shared his research on Dangerfied Newby and his families.
PowerPoint at http://www.slideshare.net/stratalum/newby-harpers-ferry-schwarz-101709-final
See also:
Letters from Harriet Newby
Gangerfield & Harriet - a student reenactment
Camille Wells “The Architecture of Slavery
Civl Rights movement prompted another set of questions that lead to scholarship on the richness of culture and skills of African Americans. The African American craftsmen have authorship of the architecture.
See Also
- Camille’s 2002 presentation
- Group of negroes imported to be sold for Slaves in 1793, from Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, by J.G. Stedman, 1796
- Bladensfield - - Chimneys created by enslaved artisan
- Guns Germs & Steel
- Shotgun houses