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Lecture - To Free a Family: The Journey of Mary Walker by Sydney Nathans

Sponsoring Organization

700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington , DC, 20004

Phone: 1-86-NARA-NARA
Fax: 1-301-837-0483

Location

National Archives
700 Constitution Ave. NW
Washington , DC
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January 20, 2012 - 12:00pm

In To Free a Family, Professor Sydney Nathans uses an extraordinary collection of letters and diaries to tell the story of Mary Walker, who fled her owner for refuge in the north in 1848, and who spent the next seventeen years trying to recover her family. A book signing will follow the program

 

Fee: 
Free

Contact Information

700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington , DC, 20004

Phone: 1-86-NARA-NARA
Fax: 1-301-837-0483

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