Who Freed the Slaves? Making Sense of Civil War Slave Emancipation

"Scholared for Life" is a new lecture series presented by the Middleton Public Library in partnership with the UW Madison Speaker's Bureau. Taking the "Wisconsin Idea" as its starting point, this series aims to promote lifelong learning, intellectual curiosity, and engagement between academics and the community as a whole."

The second lecture in the series is on Thursday, April 14, at 7:00 PM by history professor Stephen Kantrowitz entitled "Who Freed the Slaves? Making Sense of Civil War Slave Emancipation."