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History Teachers Re-examine Antebellum Period
History Department Chair Jim Connor reports the following news about the department’s participation in the annual Princeton History Conference sponsored by the New Jersey Council for History Education: “About 500 high school educators from New Jersey had an opportunity to hear lectures by prominent American historians on the subjects of slavery and abolitionism. Among the highlights were new interpretations on the role and effectiveness of the underground railroad during the antebellum period, presented by Spencer Crew, the first director of African-American history at the Smithsonian, as well as a description of the lives of emancipated slaves in New Jersey during the antebellum period, presented by Clement Price, a professor at Rutgers University.”
Posted 12/17/07
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