Saturday, December 15, 2007

Meyers on Slavery and Race Relations at the College of William and Mary

Terry L. Meyers, Dept. of English, William and Mary, has posted an essay, A First Look at the Worst/Slavery and Race Relations at the College of William and Mary. It is forthcoming in the William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal. Here's the abstract:
This paper is a short history of slavery and race relations at the College of William and Mary from its founding in 1693 to the current day. It synthesizes information both new and known from a variety of sources; it was drafted as a background paper for a resolution yet to be considered by the Faculty Assembly at William and Mary calling on the Provost to commission a full history of the subject