 Friday,
February 21, 2003 |
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"Stitching Culture"
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 DeWitt
Wallace Decorative Arts Museum - Hennage Auditorium 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
The 18th-century watercolor painting "The Old Plantation" currently on display in the Colonial Williamsburg museums comes to life in this program, which explores the lives of slaves through their clothing. The program complements the "The Language of Clothing" exhibit, a display of more than 250 pieces of period clothing and accessories that reveal clues to understanding people of the past.
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| "Remember
Me When Freedom Comes" |
 DeWitt Wallace decorative Arts Museum - Hennage Auditorium 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
"Remember Me" is a performance about an African named Paris from the Carter's Grove slave quarter, who tells his story of life in Africa and slavery in Virginia. The performance includes African-American music, songs, storytelling, a Saturday night gathering, and a religious "shout." Listen in as an enslaved community expresses thoughts and hopes of freedom.
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"Enslaved Revolutionaries in Cyberspace" |
 Williamsburg
Lodge Auditorium 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Colonial Williamsburg Productions uses state-of-the-art technology to bring history to life for students and the general public. Teaching Americans about African-American enslavement and freedom in early America is central to Colonial Williamsburg's education mission. Discover the media, methods, and challenges Colonial Williamsburg educators face as they interpret this sensitive topic to inspire educators, and students in classrooms across the nation.
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| "Public
History, Public Trust" |
 Williamsburg Lodge Auditorium 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
How far is too far when interpreting African-American history? This program looks at two of the most controversial African-American programs presented by Colonial Williamsburg - and the public and media reactions to them. Featured are the "Estate Auction" of 1994 and the "Slave Gathering" of 1994. What did strong public reactions to these programs teach us about interpreting controversial history in the modern world?
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Saturday, February 22, 2003
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| "Free
and Enslaved Founding Fathers" |
 Williamsburg
Lodge Auditorium 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Take a look at the contradiction between freedom and slavery among the Founding Fathers, African-American soldiers, and women camp followers, as free and enslaved people struggled to resolve the question of slavery in an emerging nation and its new government.
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"White Goes First" |
 Williamsburg
Lodge Auditorium 11:30 a.m. - noon
This intriguing performance explores another side of a master and slave relationship in a dramatic portrayal of Thomas Jefferson and his manservant Jupiter engaging in a game of chess. What does the scene reveal about how much the slaves knew about their masters and how much the master knew about his slaves?
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"Brothers in Arms: the Forgotten Freedom Fighters of the American Revolutionary Era" |
 Williamsburg Lodge Auditorium 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Before there was an "underground railroad," an abolitionist movement, or a Civil War, free and enslaved African Americans actively fought for their freedom in the era of the American Revolution. "Brothers in Arms" tells the stories of heroic African-American soldiers and women camp followers who resisted slavery and fought for freedom on the sides of both the Americans and the British.
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| "18th-century
Williamsburg in Black and White" |
 Williamsburg Lodge Auditorium 3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Experience a variety of the interpretive programs offered daily in the Historic Area. Explore how different methods of interpretation reveal the private and public lives of free blacks and slaves in Colonial Williamsburg.
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| "A
Day in the Life" |
 Williamsburg Lodge Conference Room D, 10:30 a.m. - noon, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Colonial Williamsburg's junior performers provide interactive interpretations that encourage family and youth audiences to participate in learning 18th-century history.
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| "How
Sweet the Sound" |
 Williamsburg Lodge Auditorium 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
This lively performance of African-American music provides insight into the aspirations of enslaved people as they struggle for freedom. While documentation of slave songs in 18th-century Virginia is sparse, we can appreciate music that has its roots in that time period. Explore how the music of enslaved people has influenced African-American music from work songs and spirituals to the music of today.
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Sunday, February 23, 2003
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| "Brothers
in Arms: Give Me Liberty" |
 Williamsburg Lodge Auditorium 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
This enlightening program provides an overview of the history of the contributions of African Americans in the American Revolutionary War and highlights the important contribution of soldiers of the Ethiopian Regiment and the First Rhode Island Regiment.
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| "Slavery
and Salvation: African-American Religion in Colonial Virginia" |
 Williamsburg Lodge Auditorium 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Listen as people of the past express thoughts from various religious perspectives as they comment on the institution of colonial slavery. Religion played an important role in the lives of colonials, from the gentry to the slaves. The Church of England was the established church in Virginia, but the Great Awakening of the early 18th century inspired people of all classes, including slaves, and Negro preachers began spreading the Word in Williamsburg.
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