Sex, Power and the Pornography of Slavery in the Americas

AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH LECTURE

Saturday, February 27, at 1 PM

Sex, Power and the Pornography of Slavery in the Americas

Dr. Roderick A. McDonald, Professor of History at Rider University

Join us at Stenton with Dr. Roderick McDonald, as he examines how the institution of slavery affected sexualized relations between white men and African women, enslaved and free, in the Americas. Guided tours emphasizing service spaces throughout Stenton mansion will follow the program.

Dr. McDonald teaches Caribbean, Latin American, African-American, and African history at Rider University. His research concentrates on slavery and the transition to freedom in the Americas. He is the author of "Goods and Chattels": The Economy and Material Culture of Slaves on Sugar Plantations in Jamaica and Louisiana and The Journal of John Anderson, St. Vincent Special Magistrate, 1836-1839.

Stenton is located at 4601 N. 18th St., Philadelphia. Directions can be found on our website at: stenton.org/further. Admission to the program is free. RSVP by calling 215-329-7312, or email educator@stenton.org. Sponsored by The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Photo caption: Agostino Brunias, Linen Market, Dominica late 18th century Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection