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SUMMARY:Author Event with Amrita Chakrabarti Myers
DESCRIPTION:The Vice President’s Black Wife: The Untold Life of Julia Chi
 nn tells the riveting\, troubling\, and complicated story of Julia Ann Chi
 nn (ca. 1796–1833)\, the enslaved\, mixed-race wife of Richard Mentor Jo
 hnson\, owner of Blue Spring Farm and U.S. vice president under Martin Van
  Buren. Though Johnson never freed Chinn\, he often delegated to her the m
 anagement of his property\, including Choctaw Academy\, a boarding school 
 for Indigenous men and boys. Chinn\, while enslaved\, had substantial cont
 rol over the couple's social\, financial\, and personal affairs\, includin
 g overseeing Blue Spring's enslaved labor force.\n\nWhat makes Chinn's lif
 e exceptional is the power that Johnson invested in her\, the opportunitie
 s the couple's relationship afforded her and her daughters\, and their com
 munity's tacit acceptance of the family — up to a point. When the family
  left their farm\, they faced steep limits: pews at the rear of church\, b
 urial in separate graveyards\, exclusion from town dances\, and more. Outl
 iving Chinn\, Johnson was ruined politically by his relationship with her\
 , and Myers compellingly demonstrates that it wasn't interracial sex that 
 led to his downfall but his refusal to keep it —and Julia Chinn — behi
 nd closed doors.\n\nAmrita Chakrabarti Myers is the Ruth N. Halls Professo
 r of History at Indiana University in Bloomington\, USA. She has been the 
 recipient of a fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies\;
  the Julia Cherry Spruill Book Prize from the Southern Association of Wome
 n Historians\; and the Anna Julia Cooper-C.L.R. James Book Prize from the 
 National Council for Black Studies.\n\nIn addition to her scholarly work\,
  Myers is regularly interviewed about racial justice matters.\n\nThis even
 t is free. No registration necessary.
CATEGORIES:Lesung
LOCATION:The Munich Readery\, Augustenstrasse 104\, München\, Bayern\, 807
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