Freedom Suits, Families, and Reckoning with the History of U.S. Slavery

The Raven is proud to support the Lawrence Public Library's evening with William G. Thomas III. 

Join us for an evening with award winning historian, author, and film producer, Dr. William G. Thomas III. Students from Bishop Seabury High School as well as graduate students from the University of Kansas will engage Dr. Thomas in a discussion about his most recent book, A Question of Freedom, as well as his forthcoming film The Bell Affair. The Raven will have copies of his book for sale and a signing will follow his talk.

Event date: 
Monday, May 16, 2022 - 6:00pm
Event address: 
Lawrence Public Library
707 Vermont St
Lawrence, KS 66044
A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation’s Founding to the Civil War Cover Image

A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation’s Founding to the Civil War (Hardcover)

By William G. Thomas, III
$35.00
ISBN: 9780300234121
Availability: This book is in stock at our warehouse and will be at the Raven within 3-5 Business Days, once they've shipped it to us.
Published: Yale University Press - November 24th, 2020

Winner of the Mark Lynton Prize in History—the story of the longest and most complex legal challenge to slavery in American history

"A rich, roiling history that Thomas recounts with eloquence and skill. . . .

Event Category: 
Readings