Thursday March 27, 2014 7pm
Lecture / Seminar
paul.doerr@acadiau.ca
585-1504
Between 1759 and the American Revolutionary War, some 2,000 New England Planter families migrated to Nova Scotia and what is now New Brunswick. Of these, many came from Connecticut, mainly to the Minas Basin. They brought with them enslaved African Americans to help restore farms, fisheries and orchards left behind after the displacement of the French Acadians. Who were these Connecticut Planters? What contributions did the African New Englanders and Planters make to the early success of the area?
These questions will be explored by historian, archaeologist and award-winning author Karolyn Smardz Frost in the inaugural lecture in the Barry Moody Lectures in Atlantic History series. A reception and an opportunity to talk informally with Smardz Frost will follow the lecture.
Dr. Karolyn Smardz Frost is the author of I’ve Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad, for which she won the Governor General’s Award in non-fiction in 2007. She is currently a Harrison McCain Visiting Professor at Acadia.
paul.doerr@acadiau.ca
585-1504
Between 1759 and the American Revolutionary War, some 2,000 New England Planter families migrated to Nova Scotia and what is now New Brunswick. Of these, many came from Connecticut, mainly to the Minas Basin. They brought with them enslaved African Americans to help restore farms, fisheries and orchards left behind after the displacement of the French Acadians. Who were these Connecticut Planters? What contributions did the African New Englanders and Planters make to the early success of the area?
These questions will be explored by historian, archaeologist and award-winning author Karolyn Smardz Frost in the inaugural lecture in the Barry Moody Lectures in Atlantic History series. A reception and an opportunity to talk informally with Smardz Frost will follow the lecture.
Dr. Karolyn Smardz Frost is the author of I’ve Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad, for which she won the Governor General’s Award in non-fiction in 2007. She is currently a Harrison McCain Visiting Professor at Acadia.
Pricing & Tickets
Pricing: Free
32 University Avenue
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
botanicalgardens@acadiau.ca
902-585-5242
View Full Venue Info
 |