Gene Allen Smith
Dr. Gene Allen Smith, professor of history and director of the Center for Texas Studies at Texas Christian University, will present a lecture “The Slaves’ Gamble: Choosing Sides in the War of 1812” on Thursday, Feb. 21. The lecture will begin at 7 p.m. in Lee Hall, room 411, and is free and open to the public.
Smith is the author of “The Slaves’ Gamble: Choosing Sides in the War of 1812.” The book explores the history-changing decisions made by the African-American combatants of the crucial conflict, and how the opportunity to fight changed the course of slavery in America. The lecture, in honor of Black History Month, is co-sponsored by the Papers of James Monroe, the James Monroe Museum and the UMW Department of History and American Studies.
