Beyond the Absence: Recovering the Architectural Imprints of Slavery

Location: Randolph College, Leggett Building Room 537 (fifth floor)
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. | Lecture begins at 6:00 p.m.

Kathleen Powers Conti ’11, Assistant Professor of History, Florida State University, will examine the architectural history of slavery at Virginia’s Berkeley Plantation, showing that while historic preservation conserved many of the buildings, it also obscured the lives of the hundreds of enslaved people who once lived, worked, and died there. Sponsored by Randolph College’s Museum and Heritage Studies Program. Reception. FREE and open to the general public.