Frankfort Heritage Lecture Series - The Life and Work of Harry Mordecai
Schedule
Sat, 07 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
319 Wapping St, Frankfort, KY, United States, Kentucky 40601 | Frankfort, KY
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This talk will examine the work and life of Harry Mordecai, an important and highly-skilled plasterer and bricklayer in early Frankfort. Born enslaved and recorded in 19th century documents as ‘mulatto,’ we will chart his complicated path from enslavement to freedom to enslaver himself. It will also illustrate the difficulty of researching and interpreting our past with only partial data available, and the resulting evolution of understanding as additional information is discovered. Sharon Cox and her husband, Mack, are collectors and independent scholars of early Kentucky material culture. Their collection has been published in The Magazine ANTIQUES (July, 2011), Collecting Kentucky 1790-1860 (2013) by Lacer and Howard, and others. Items from their collection have been exhibited at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia; the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina; and in many Kentucky museums, including the Speed Art Museum, UK Art Museum, Kentucky Governor’s Mansion, Kentucky Historical Society.
Sharon is a retired Certified Public Accountant and served as President of Holt & Cox, PSC, a Lexington Certified Public Accounting Firm. She has served as Past President of many civic organizations, including Liberty Hall Historic Site, Inc.; The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in The Commonwealth of Kentucky; The Lexington Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners; and The Lexington Professional Women’s Forum. She has served on the advisory board of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) in North Carolina.
Please register at https://www.pspl.org/event/fhls-mordecai. For more information, contact Diane Dehoney at (502) 352-2665 x100 or [email protected].
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