History Book Festival Presents Laura Arnold Leibman | Once We Were Slaves
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History Book Festival Presents Laura Arnold Leibman | Once We Were Slaves
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In collaboration with the History Book Festival, join us for a talk with Laura Arnold Leibman, author of Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multiracial Jewish Family, an offering of the 2021 virtual History Book Festival.
Blanche Moses, a descendant of one of this country’s most prominent Jewish families, was researching her family history when she made an astounding discovery: her grandmother and great-uncle were not Sephardic Jews but actually began their lives as poor Christian slaves in Barbados. Sarah and Isaac Brandon transformed themselves, becoming free, wealthy, Jewish, and — at times — white. Their story sheds new light on the fluidity of race, and the role of religion in racial shift, in the first half of the 19th century.
Laura Arnold Leibman is a Professor of English and Humanities at Reed College in Portland, Ore. She is the author of The Art of the Jewish Family: A History of Women in Early New York in Five Objects, and Messianism, Secrecy and Mysticism: A New Interpretation of Early American Jewish Life.
This event is co-sponsored by Seaside Jewish Community.
We invite you to support the author by purchasing copy of their book from Browseabout Books. Call-in orders are accepted at (302) 226-2665 or you can stop by the store to purchase a copy. For store hours, please visit their website. Each copy purchased comes with a signed bookplate.
NOTE: this meeting is being conducted through Zoom. You MUST REGISTER to receive instructions for joining the meeting.
If you have need assistance with registration or getting your Zoom invitation, please email the History Book Festival.
Basic written instructions for using Zoom may be found here and a brief video tutorial may be found here. Closed captioning is available for this session. Information on enabling closed captioning in Zoom may be found here.
- Date:
- Thursday, August 12, 2021
- Time:
- 5:00pm - 6:00pm Eastern Time
- Library:
- Lewes Public Library
- Audience:
- Adults Older Adults
- Categories:
- Book Discussions