Book Signing & Talk with Historian & Virginia Tech Professor Dan Thorp
Venue: St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Time: 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free
The Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation presents Book Signing & Talk with Dan Thorp on Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at St. Luke & Odd Fellows in Blacksburg, VA.
Virginia Tech History professor Dan Thorp has recently published his latest book entitled "Seeking Justice" and will join us for a book signing and presentation.
Before the Civil War brought emancipation to the South, some enslaved people managed to use the legal system, the same one that had concocted and long perpetuated their bondage, to sue for their freedom from owners who unlawfully held them in slavery. In Seeking Justice, Thorp tells the story behind Unis v. Charlton’s Administrator, one of the most extensive of these freedom suits in all of American history.
Blacksburg Books will join us with copies of the book as well.
Light refreshments will be provided when the doors open at 5:00 PM and the talk begins at 5:30 PM.
St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall is located at 203 Gilbert Street in Blacksburg, VA.
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