Register today for this in-person event in Richmond OR register to livestream it at home by copying and pasting this link into your browser:  https://acwm.org/event/2024-symposium/

SPEAKERS:  Gary Gallagher, Richard Blackett, Adam I. P. Smith and Edward Ayers. Plus panel discussion moderated by Caroline Janney.

SCHEDULE:

8:45AM - 9:30AM:  Check-in and registration

9:30AM - 9:45AM:  Opening remarks by Rob Havers, President & CEO of ACWM

9:45AM - 10:45AM:  Richard Blackett - Making Freedom: The Underground Railroad and the Politics of Slavery

10:45AM - 11:00AM:  Break

11:00AM - 12:00PM:  Adam I. P. Smith - The "Slave Power" and the Radicalization of the Center - Northern Politics and the Path to War

12:00PM - 1:00PM:  Lunch

1:00PM - 2:00PM:  Dr. Edward Ayers - The Erosion of the United States

2:00PM - 2:20PM:  Break

2:20PM - 3:20PM:  Gary Gallagher - Was the Civil War an Irrespressible Conflict?

3:40PM - 4:40PM:  Caroline Janney - Panel Discussion

4:40PM - 5:00PM:  Closing Remarks