#  ‘\[H\]e…had meditated an attempt to get on board a ship…bound to Newfoundland’: The Limits of the Term Refugee for Enslaved Africans in Canadian Fugitive Slave Advertisements -- talk by Charmaine Nelson 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 11, 2017** 

 11:45AM - 01:00PM EDT 

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 **Bowie-Vernon Room (CGIS K262), Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138**  



 

 



 

Weatherhead Forum **These events are closed to the public.** The Weatherhead Forum showcases the research of the various units that are associated with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. The goal of the Forum is to bring together the diverse constituencies of the Center, to learn about our respective work and to foster the WCFIA intellectual community. All WCFIA affiliates are invited to attend. Lunch will be available starting at **11:45 a.m.**; we will start promptly at noon and end at **1:00 p.m. sharp**. We will meet in the **Bowie-Vernon Room (CGIS K262)**. The forum is chaired by the Center's director.

 **Wednesday, October 11**  
Featuring the Canada Program  
“‘\[H\]e…had meditated an attempt to get on board a ship…bound to Newfoundland’: The Limits of the Term Refugee for Enslaved Africans in Canadian Fugitive Slave Advertisements”

- **Charmaine A. Nelson**, William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies, Harvard University. *Professor of Art History, McGill University.*
- Chair: **Timothy J. Colton**, Faculty Associate; Chair, Canada Program Faculty Steering Committee; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. *Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, Department of Government, Harvard University.*

 For more information:

 <https://wcfia.harvard.edu/conferences/17-18-weatherhead-forum>



 

 



 

 

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