Was Freedom Sweet? The Travels of Arthur Bowler, Black Loyalist, a Book Talk with Jane Lancaster
Oct 18, 2-4pm
All ages welcome
FREE
About Was Freedom Sweet? Book Talk
This book talk from author and historian Jan Lancaster will share the story of Arthur Bowler, an enslaved African, who lived in the house later called the Vernon House for at least a decade — before Cato Vernon’s time. She’ll discuss the clues available about his life in Newport, and his subsequent life in Portsmouth, New York, Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone. As a so-called Black Loyalist his life followed a very different trajectory from that of Cato Vernon.
This talk coincides with research Jane conducted for her debut work of historical fiction, Liberty is Sweet.
About Jane Lancaster
Jane Lancaster is a historian by training and a communicator by instinct. In books, articles and talks, she shows people that history is all around them. Before she earned a PhD in history from Brown University and started publishing books and articles, she was an award-winning high school history teacher, both in the UK and in the USA, persuading students (often successfully) that history was all around them if they knew how and where to look.