The most famous picture from eighteenth-century America is Paul Revere’s striking engraving of the “Bloody Massacre,” when British troops shot into a crowd of Bostonians, killing five. But that picture tells much less than half of the story. Join Carleton Connects as we learn about Professor of History Serena Zabin's new research on the Boston Massacre. Using digital mapping and social network software, Zabin’s research shows that soldiers and townspeople were intimately bound together through ties of sex, friendship, and family. Far from being strangers, on the eve of the American Revolution, soldiers and townspeople were neighbors who knew each other all too well.
Date: Thursday, December 4
Time: 11:00 a.m. Central
Where: Center for Math and Computing (CMC), Room 11, Carleton College Campus
To find room 11, use the elevator by the main entrance to go to the bottom floor. After it opens, take a left and follow the hallway down the corridor. CMC 11 will be the first room on your left.
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