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In this reframing of American history, Brown University historian Linford Fisher traces the institution of slavery back to the earliest days of colonial settlement. Stealing America demonstrates how the enslavement of Indigenous people began just after 1492 and, for centuries following, was a key feature of land dispossession and colonial expansion.
Chief Genealogist David Allen Lambert will provide an overview of colonial lineage societies—such as the General Society of Colonial Wars, Colonial Dames of America, and Order of Founders and Patriots of America. He will discuss how to identify appropriate qualifying ancestors, evaluate evidence, and build a well-supported application.
Join Gerald W. R. Ward to learn about Paul Revere's Sons of Liberty Bowl, made in 1768 by the rebel and silversmith on the threshold of the Revolutionary War.