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Historian addresses slavery in Oct. 16 lecture at UD
4:30 p.m., Oct. 1, 2003--Noted historian Joseph C. Miller will give a lecture on “The Problem of Slavery as History” at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 16, in Room 125 of Clayton Hall. A reception will be held after the talk.
Miller, who is the T. Cary Johnson Jr. Professor of History at the University of Virginia, is the author of several books, including, “Kings and Kinsmen: Early Mbundu States in Angola;” “The African Past Speaks;” and “Way of Death: Merchant Capitalism and the Angolan Slave Trade, 1730-1830.” An eminent historian of the Atlantic slave trade, slavery and world history, Miller also served as a recent president of the American Historical Association.
The Oct. 16 lecture is part of the Alumni Global Lecture series and is cosponsored by the Department of History and the Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events. For more information, call Cathy DiTommasso at 831-8413.
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