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2008 Abbeville Institute Summer School

Program Schedule:
Tuesday, June 10
4:00 - 6:30 pm Registration, The Temple
6:30 - 7:30 pm Supper
7:30- "Steady Habits vs. Chivalry: Sectional Antagonism Before Abolition," Prof. Clyde Wilson
Wednesday, June 11
8:00 - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30 am "Slavery and the Philadelphia Convention," Prof. Carey Roberts
10:30 - 12:00 pm "'Negro Presidents and Negro Congresses': Abolitionism, Federalism, and the First Congress," Prof. Carey Roberts
12:00 - 1:00 pm Dinner
1:00 - 3:30 pm Free Time
3:30 - 5:00 pm "The Aims of Anti-Slavery in the Missouri Compromise," Prof. John Devanny
5:00 - 6:30 pm "'Tiger's Meat': Abolitionism in Antebellum America, Part I," Prof. Clyde Wilson
6:30 - 7:30 pm Supper
8:00 pm - Song and Music on the Harp by Heather and Raquelle Sheen
Thursday, June 12
8:00 - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30 am "'Tiger's Meat': Abolitionism in Antebellum America, Part II," Prof. Clyde Wilson
10:30 - 12:00 pm "Anti-Slavery and Northern Racism," Prof. Donald Livingston
12:00 - 1:00 pm Dinner
1:00 pm - 3:30 pm Free Time
3:30 - 5:00 pm "Anti-Slavery, Secession and New England Cultural Imperialism," Prof. Donald Livingston
5:00 - 6:30 pm "Post-60's Neo-Abolitionist Historiography," Prof. John Devanny
6:30 - 7:30 pm Supper
8:00 pm - Music and Conviviality
Friday, June 13
8:00 - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30 am "'What we have to Expect,' Harper's Ferry: Abolitionism, Extradition, and Secession," Lt. Col. (Retired) D. Jonathan White
10:30 - 12:00 pm "William Gilmore Simm's Critique of Abolitionism," Prof. David Aiken
12:00 - 1:00 pm Dinner
1:00 pm - Tour of Charleston and Supper at A. W. Shucks
Saturday, June 14
8:00 - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30 am "The Abolitionist as Perfectionist, Part I," Prof. Samuel Smith
10:30 - 12:00 pm "The Abolitionist as Perfectionist, Part I," Prof. Samuel Smith
12:00 - 1:00 pm Dinner
1:00 - 4:30 pm Free Time
4:30 - 6:30 pm Round Table Discussion
6:30 - 7:30 pm Supper
7:30 - Conviviality
Sunday, June 15 Departure

 

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