Newman presents talk at Mount Vernon

Richard Newman, professor of history, was a featured speaker at a symposium, Religion and the American Revolution, hosted by the George Washington Presidential Library on Feb. 11 at Mount Vernon in Virginia. Newman’s talk was part of a gala fundraiser for Virginia’s Historic Pohick Church, which celebrated its 250th anniversary, and focused on African American religious leaders who helped inspire the abolitionist movement during the American Revolutionary era.


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