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DESCRIPTION:As part of a History Department and \;CNY Humanities Corrid
or workshop\, Greg O’Malley\, Ph.D.\, will present on his new book\, \
;The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery\, Freedom\, and the Am
erican Revolution (St. Martin’s Press\, February 2026). \;The Escapes
of David George \;offers a life history of a man born enslaved in colo
nial Virginia\, whose attempts to escape bondage resulted in wide-ranging
travels\, captivities and re-enslavements\, illuminating both enslaved peo
ple’s resistance and the powerful barriers to their escape. David George f
inally found emancipation by fleeing the emerging United States and runnin
g to the British Army during the Revolutionary War. \;O'Malley is a pr
ofessor and chair in the History Department at the University of Californi
a\, Santa Cruz\, and a historian of slavery\, the slave trade and early Am
erica. \;
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SUMMARY:The Escapes of David George: The Odyssey of Slavery\, Freedom\, and
the American Revolution
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:As part of a History Department and \;C
NY Humanities Corridor workshop\, Greg O’Malley\, Ph.D.\, will present on
his new book\, \;The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slaver
y\, Freedom\, and the American Revolution (St. Martin’s Press\, Febru
ary 2026). \;
The Escapes of David George&
nbsp\;offers a life history of a man born enslaved in colonial Virginia\,
whose attempts to escape bondage resulted in wide-ranging travels\, captiv
ities and re-enslavements\, illuminating both enslaved people’s resistance
and the powerful barriers to their escape. David George finally found ema
ncipation by fleeing the emerging United States and running to the British
Army during the Revolutionary War. \;
O'Malley is a prof
essor and chair in the History Department at the University of California\
, Santa Cruz\, and a historian of slavery\, the slave trade and early Amer
ica. \;
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