Prelude to Juneteenth: Emancipation on the Virginia Peninsula

Name: Prelude to Juneteenth: Emancipation on the Virginia Peninsula
Start: 2024-06-16T15:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-06-16T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Jamestown Settlement

06/16/2024|3:00 pm
2110 Jamestown Rd Williamsburg, VA, 23185
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Join us at Jamestown Settlement for thought-provoking history and performances exploring the precarious nature of freedom from 17th-century Jamestown to Juneteenth.

“Prelude to Juneteenth” reflects on this history, exploring the strategy and complications, and the joys and challenges of ending chattel slavery on the Virginia Peninsula with dramatic readings highlighting stories from the 17th century through the American Civil War. Presenters include Shalandis Wheeler Smith, Dale Heiskill, Brandon Lee and Valarie Gray Holmes. Songs performed by Sylvia Tabb Lee & the Rejoicing Singers.