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        A New Penn Press Podcast–Black Walden: Slavery and Its Aftermath in Concord, Massachusetts

        05/01/2009 | | African American Studies, American History & Studies, Podcasts

        In the May Penn Press podcast, author Elise Lemire talks about her latest book, Black Walden: Slavery and Its Aftermath in Concord, Massachusetts, and the fascinating Africans and African Americans who lived in the Walden Pond area before Thoreau.

        The interview is available for download from the Penn Press podcast website.

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