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2008 Abbeville Institute Scholars' Conference
ANORTHERN ANTI-SLAVERY AGITATION@
The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
April 3-6, 2008
Thursday, April 3 (All events in the Garden Room, West Range)
4:30 - 6:00 pm Registration and Conviviality
6:00 - 7:00 pm Supper
7:00 pm ANorthern Steady Habits vs. Southern Chivalry: Sectional Antagonism Before Slavery,@ Prof. Clyde Wilson
Friday, April 4 (Breakfast on your own. No food or drink allowed in the Dome Room)
9:00 - 10:30 am A>Negro Presidents and Negro Congresses=: Abolitionism, Federalism, and the First Congress,@ Prof. Carey Roberts, Rotunda, Dome Room
10:30 - 11:00 am Break
11:00 - 12:30 pm AThe Aims of Anti-Slavery Rhetoric in the Missouri Compromise,@ Dr. John Devanny, Rotunda, Dome Room
12:30 - 1:30 pm Dinner, Garden Room, West Range
1:45 - 3:00 pm AConfronting Abolitionism: Bishop John England and a Southern Catholic Response to Slavery,@ Prof. Adam Tate, Rotunda, Dome Room
3:00 - 5:00 pm Free Time
5:00 - 6:00 pm Conviviality, Garrett Hall Commons
6:00 - 7:00 pm Supper, Garrett Hall Commons
7:00 pm AThe Abolitionist as Perfectionist,@ Prof. Samuel Smith, Robertson Hall, East Lawn
Saturday, April 5
8:00 - 9:00 am, Coffee and Pastry, Rotunda, West Oval Room
9:00 - 10:30 am ACalhoun and Slavery as a Positive Good,@ Prof. Clyde Wilson, Rotunda, West Oval Room
10:30 - 11:00 am Break
11:00 - 12:30 pm ABeyond Black Freedom: Romanticism and the Northern Nationalist Origins of the Civil War, 1815-1865,@ Prof. Kirk Wood, Rotunda, West Oval Room
12:30 - 1:30 pm Dinner, Rotunda, West Oval Room
1:45 - 3:00 pm Round Table Discussion, Rotunda, West Oval Room
3:00 - 5:00 pm Free Time
5:00 - 6:00 pm Conviviality, Garden Room, West Range
6:00 - 7:00 pm Supper, Garden Room, West Range
7 pm Music by Sons of Bill
Sunday, April 6
Departure
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