From the Catoctin Center for Regional Studies:
The Catoctin Center for Regional Studies in Frederick, Maryland, is sponsoring “In Search of Freedom: African Americans and the Civil War,” a conference to be held March 1-2. The conference will be held at Frederick Community College in Frederick, MD. Keynote speakers and topics include James McPherson, “Black Men in Blue: African American Soldiers in the Civil War,” and Barbara Fields, “Was Emancipation a War Crime?” For full schedule and registration information, please see the conference website at: http://insearchoffreedomconference2013.wildapricot.org
Direct questions to Dean Herrin, 301-624-2773, dherrin@frederick.edu, or Barbara Powell, 301-624-2803, bpowell@frederick.edu.