Christopher L. Leadingham (Journal of Appalachian Studies), “The Greenup Slave Revolt: Slavery, Environment, and Resistance at the Edges of the Southern Mountains” (Gilder Lehrman Center)

 

Join us for the last GLC@Lunch event of the semester!

 

Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 - 12:00pm to 1:15pm (virtual program)

 

Christopher L. Leadingham, GLC Visiting Scholar, May 2024 

Associate Editor, Journal of Appalachian Studies 

 

“The Greenup Slave Revolt: Slavery, Environment, and Resistance at the Edges of the Southern Mountains”

 

This work uses a slave revolt that happened in northeastern Kentucky, on the banks of the Ohio River, in August 1829, to ask new questions about forced migration and environment in and through the southern mountains. The few extant sources that tell the story of this moment of resistance suggest that the people involved wielded knowledge about the natural world—in addition to physical violence—to struggle toward freedom in new and unfamiliar landscapes.