"Bound to the Fire" Lecture at Gadsby's Tavern

Join Alexandria Archaeology and Alexandria Black History Museum for the second annual Anna Lynch Memorial Lecture Series. Historical archaeologist and historian, Kelley Deetz, will discuss her new book, Bound to the Fire: How Virginia’s Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine. The book combines the archaeology of kitchens and outbuildings with historical records to examine the life of enslaved cooks from the late seventeenth century to the Civil War. The book was named one of the top ten books on food in 2017 by Smithsonian Magazine.

Dr. Kelley Fanto Deetz is the Director of Programming, Education, and Visitor Engagement at Stratford Hall. Deetz received her Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley, and specializes in early African Diaspora culture and archaeology, slavery, visual and material culture, and public history. She has worked as a historical consultant for television, museums, and for the film The Birth of a Nation. Deetz partnered with National Geographic to produce the documentary film Rise Up: The Legacy of Nat Turner, and authored the cover story for the National Geographic History Magazine entitled Nat Turner’s Bones: Reclaiming an American Rebel.

Tickets are $12/person and $10 for FOAA/ASPBH members.