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Breakfast Talk: Keith Stokes

  • Smith's Castle at Cocumscussoc 55 Richard Smith Dr North Kingstown, RI, 02852 United States (map)

BREAKFAST TALK

Sat. Sept. 12th 9:30 a.m.

Rhode Island State Historian Keith Stokes talks about the African-American response to the onset of Revolution, and the oral history and cultures kept alive despite the upheavals. How did the enslaved feel about the phrase “All Men Are Created Equal?” Come join Keith for a talk about the African American response to the onset of the Revolution, the oral history, and the cultures that kept this “unwritten” history alive, despite the upheavals and deliberate attempts at erasure.

Earlier Event: August 8
Breakfast Talk: TBA
Later Event: September 15
Conversations at the Castle