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Tuesday, August 29th
5:30 — 7:30 p.m.
Columbia Conversations | Bound by Bondage: Slavery and the Creation of a Northern Gentry
Robert Mills Carriage House : 1616 Blanding Street, Columbia, SC 29201
Join Historic Columbia and the University of South Carolina’s History Center for a talk and book signing by USC Professor Nicole Maskiell, followed by light refreshments. Bound by Bondage uncovers how interconnected Northeastern families used slavery as a crucial element in their rise to power and influence. Foregrounding a multi-racial Early America, this captivating book delves into the Northern origins of enslavement while also emphasizing the dynamic networks formed by enslaved individuals.
This event is co-presented by Historic Columbia and the University of South Carolina's History Center.
All Good Books will be on site, with books available for purchase, beginning at 5:00 p.m.
Questions?
Contact Us
JoCora Moore, Community Engagement Coordinator
Phone: (803) 252-1770 ext. 24
Email: jmoore@historiccolumbia.org
About Nicole Maskiell
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Nicole Maskiell is a historian specializing in family slaveholding networks in Anglo-Dutch colonial America. A native of Oak Park, Illinois, Dr. Maskiell received her A.B. cum laude from Harvard College in 2002, and her MA in 2010 and her Ph.D. in 2013 from Cornell University. Dr. Maskiell has been the recipient of numerous fellowships and awards, including the U.S. Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship in Dutch, the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies Travel Grant for research in the Netherland Antilles (Curaçao), The Gilder Lehrman Fellowship for research in New York repositories, and the Huntington Mayers Fellowship for research in San Marino California. Dr. Maskiell is an Associate Professor of History at the University of South Carolina. Her book entitled Bound by Bondage: Slavery and the Creation of a Northern Gentry centers slavery as a crucial component to the rise and enduring influence of the moneyed Northeastern elite. Her work has been supported by the Kingdom of the Netherlands and been featured on the Dutch National Archives website. She has appeared on CSPAN, the podcast Ben Franklin's World, and in an award-winning Historic Hudson Valley documentary film about the life and legacy of Margaret Hardenbroeck Philipse, an early female trader and enslaver. She is a series editor for Black New England, a University of Massachusetts Press book series that highlights original and innovative research on the history of African-descended people in New England from the colonial period to the present day.
