Virtual Lecture: Joshua Rothman-The Ledger and the Chain-A Historic Preservation Month Event
Free, but registration is required.
Historian Joshua D Rothman presents his new book, The Ledger and the Chain. Rothman recounts the shocking story of the domestic slave trade by tracing the lives and careers of Isaac Franklin, John Armfield, and Rice Ballard, who built the largest and most powerful slave-trading operation in American history.