Rebecca Koenig Speaks to the CWRTDC About How House Museums Discuss Slavery - 2/9/2016 by CWRTDC

Rebecca Koenig speaks to the Civil War Round Table of the District of Columbia on February 9, 2016, at the Fort McNair Officers' Club in Washington D.C. about how the topic of slaves are discussed at House Museums. This is the inaugural of a new feature to the Round Table's monthly meetings: a short opening presentation about new research in the field of Civil War history.

Rebecca Koenig is a reporter for "The Chronicle of Philanthropy," a national daily news outlet that covers the nonprofit sector. Ms. Koenig studied English and early American history at the College of William & Mary, where she received the Lord Botetourt Medal, awarded to the senior most distinguished in scholarship.

Ms. Koenig discusses her paper based on research conducted in the summer of 2010 using a William & Mary academic grant. An excerpt of her paper, "Interpreting Race, Slavery, and Servanthood At Urban Antebellum House Museums," was published in the James Blair Historical Review (2, no. 2011 (2011), 69-89).

Additional information about Ms. Koenig is available at http://rebeccalkoenig.com/

For more information about Ms. Koenig's presentation, visit http://cwrtdc-audio.blogspot.com/p/koenig-audio.html

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For additional information about his presentation, download CWRTDC's October 2014 newsletter available at www.cwrtdc.org/ For information about the Round Table and to apply for membership, visit www.cwrtdc.org/