On Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 7 PM at the Community Center, Jeffrey Fortin will present “Two Generations of Freedom: From Kofi to Paul Cuffe.” Dr. Fortin is the Paul Cuffe Fellow at Mystic Seaport Museum and Assistant Professor of History at Emmanuel College. His book on the life of Paul Cuffe will be published soon.
The talk is supported by the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities and is part of the Slavery and Freedom Speaker’s series celebrating 200 years of freedom in Little Compton.