Meet the Author Event & Talk with Dan Thorp & "Seeking Justice"
Venue: Wilderness Road Regional Museum, Newbern
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2025
Time: 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free
Wilderness Road Regional Museum presents a Meet the Author Event & Talk with Dan Thorp and his book "Seeking Justice: The Extraordinary Freedom Suits of an Enslaved Virginia Family" on Thursday, November 20, 2025.
Virginia Tech History professor Dan Thorp 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 be on hand for guests would like to purchase the book and have Dan sign it.
The book talk starts at 5:30 PM at the Do-Better Cottage, next door to the main museum.
Wilderness Road Regional Museum is located at 5420 Wilderness Road in Newbern, VA.
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For more information, visit: http://www.wildernessroadregionalmuseum.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/WildernessRRM or call 540-674-4835.
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