I have been asked to talk about “the Stories of Everyday People in the War of 1812,” as part of the College of Southern Maryland’s 2012-13 professional speakers series. The free program takes place at the La Plata campus, 8730 Mitchell Road, BI-113, La Plata on Oct. 22, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
During the lecture I will largely draw on unpublished stories of underrepresented people, such as slaves, African-Americans and other people who aren’t talked about in the history books. Along the way, we’ll consider what it was like when war came to the shores of the Chesapeake for the farmer, workingman, hired-hand, slave, freedman, and woman, the people who don’t usually make the accounts found in our published works.
The program is part of the Maryland Humanities Council’s speakers bureau series. It brings historians, writers, poets, and living history scholar-actors to the community to present programs to audiences across Maryland.