Annual Cashin Memorial Wilson Symposium
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Join us for a FREE two-day symposium exploring voices, correspondence, and leadership in Georgia during the Revolutionary Era, featuring distinguished scholars and curators.
Sponsored by Augusta University Center for the Study of Georgia History, Historic Augusta, Inc., The Morris Museum of Art, the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History, and the Augusta Historical Society.
Friday, November 13 — 6 PM
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Alice Taylor-Colbert
Lecture Title — “Trade, Treaties, and Tumult: Native Peoples and Revolutionary Augusta”
Reception to follow.
Saturday, November 14 — 9 AM–1 PM
Speakers:
9:30 AM – Thomas Heard Robertson, Jr.
Lecture Title — “Loyalists in Backcountry Georgia”
10:30 AM – Melissa DeVelvis, PhD | Assistant Professor of History, Augusta University
Lecture Title — “The Revolutionary Legacy and ‘Spirit of ’76’ during Secession”
11:30 AM – Bobby Donaldson, PhD | Associate Professor of History, University of South Carolina
Lecture Title — "There is a River: Revolution, Religion and the Black Church"
Morning refreshments offered.
Sponsored by Augusta University Center for the Study of Georgia History, Historic Augusta, Inc., The Morris Museum of Art, the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History, and the Augusta Historical Society.
Friday, November 13 — 6 PM
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Alice Taylor-Colbert
Lecture Title — “Trade, Treaties, and Tumult: Native Peoples and Revolutionary Augusta”
Reception to follow.
Saturday, November 14 — 9 AM–1 PM
Speakers:
9:30 AM – Thomas Heard Robertson, Jr.
Lecture Title — “Loyalists in Backcountry Georgia”
10:30 AM – Melissa DeVelvis, PhD | Assistant Professor of History, Augusta University
Lecture Title — “The Revolutionary Legacy and ‘Spirit of ’76’ during Secession”
11:30 AM – Bobby Donaldson, PhD | Associate Professor of History, University of South Carolina
Lecture Title — "There is a River: Revolution, Religion and the Black Church"
Morning refreshments offered.
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Where is it happening?
Morris Museum of Art, 1 10th St, Augusta, GA 30901, United States
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Host or PublisherHistoric Augusta
