Desire and the Body of Liberty

When:
Wednesday, Sep 12, 2018 6:00p -
7:30p

Where:
Boston Public Library - Rabb Hall
700 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116

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Admission:
FREE

Categories:
Date Idea, Lectures & Conferences, Social Good

Event website:
http://puritans2018_desire.eventbrite.com

Liberty and desire are always at odds in the colonial world. Who is entitled to freedom? Who is forced to serve? The desire for wealth, career and social advancement, and intellectual and physical safety for British settler colonizers and their descendants led to the building of ships and the forced movement of imprisoned bodies across the world.


Public historian Elon Cook Lee will focus her presentation on the impact of the arrival of a ship named the Desire and its human cargo. She will lead a discussion on the histories and legacies of the charter generation of African bondservants and enslaved people, the increasing reciprocal trade to the West Indies, and how rebelling Africans and colonial slave traders impacted the developing laws in the Massachusetts Bay Colony 1641 to 1670.


An RSVP for this event (at http://puritans2018_desire.eventbrite.com) is requested but not required.


About the event series


Every fall, in honor of the naming of Boston, the Partnership of Historic Bostons hosts a series of free events exploring an intriguing aspect of Puritan life. This year’s theme is From Theology to Commerce: the First Three Generations of 17th-century Boston.


To see a list of the entire series of FREE events, please visit http://historicbostons.eventbrite.com

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