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Book Talk with Dr. Walter Curry: The Story of Martha Kitchings Seawright Ellison

March 19, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Come join Dr. Walter Curry and discover the story of Martha Kitchings Seawright Ellison’s life, featuring the local history of the Antebellum Period and Civil War in Barnwell County during Martha’s enslavement; a personal account of Martha’s life on the Phillips Plantation during the Reconstruction Era in Barnwell County; the circumstances that involved Martha’s marriages to two husbands; and post Reconstruction era through the Gilded Age (1875-1900) during Martha’s life in Aiken County, South Carolina.

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Date:
March 19, 2023
Time:
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Website:
https://www.ccpl.org/events/book-talk-dr-walter-curry-story/

Venue

Main Library-Charleston County Public Library
68 Calhoun Street
Charleston, SC 29401 United States
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Organizer

Charleston County Public Library