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Finding Julia: Centering Black Women in Antebellum History

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Finding Julia: Centering Black Women in Antebellum History

February 25 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

FINDING JULIA: CENTERING BLACK WOMEN IN ANTEBELLUM HISTORY

Discussing The Vice President’s Black Wife by Amrita Chakrabarti Myers

Martin Van Buren park rangers will lead a discussion of this new book on Julia Chinn, the enslaved wife of Richard Mentor Johnson, Martin Van Buren’s VP.

This program will be held in person at the Kinderhook Memorial Library and virtually hosted by Roe Jan Library.

To register, please email: columbiacountylibraries@gmail.com

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