Historian Michael Thompson to speak on Life and Labor of Antebellum Dockworkers

Working on the Dock of the Bay:
Charleston’s Waterfront, 1783-1861
April 19, 2012. 6pm
ILA Local 1422 (1142 Morrison Dr.)
Explore life and labor among antebellum dockworkers in Charleston with historian Michael Thompson of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and winner of the 2011 Hines Prize

 Sponsored by The Program in the Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World (CLAW), the South Carolina AFL-CIO, the International Longshoremen’s Association (Local 1422), Charleston Central Labor Council, and The Citadel Oral History Program. For more information, contact Kerry Taylor, kerry.taylor@citadel.edu or phone 843-953-5357.

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