‘On American Slavery’ lecture at Blue & Gold Club Oct. 17

Peter Kolchin, Henry Clay Reed Professor of History

3:46 p.m., Oct. 9, 2003--Peter Kolchin, UD’s Henry Clay Reed Professor of History, will launch this year’s Association of Retired Faculty Friday Research Talks with a Friday, Oct. 17, lecture entitled “On American Slavery.”

The 3:30 p.m. lecture, which will be held at the Blue & Gold Club Tavern, coincides with Kolchin’s re-release and revision of his 1993 book, “American Slavery: 1619-1877.” His talk will focus on slavery in the United States and the American public’s shifting perception of slavery since the Civil War.

Kolchin, who also published the books “A Sphinx on the American Land: The 19th-Century South in Comparative Perspective” and “Unfree Labor: American Slavery and Russian Serfdom,” was the 2002 recipient of the Francis Alison Award, the University’s highest faculty honor.

The free lecture, which is open to the public, will conclude at 4:30 p.m. and will be followed by an optional reception and dinner in the Blue & Gold Club. No reservations are required. For more information, call 831-2376.

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