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SUMMARY:The Maryland Constitutional Election of 1864: A Border Slave State
 's Soldiers Stand for Freedom
LOCATION:Quince Orchard Library\nQuince Orchard Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join Stephen A. Goldman\, M.D.\, as he explores the vital role
  of Maryland’s white Union servicemen in adopting the new state con
 stitution that abolished slavery in 1864..\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event
 /11967670
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The border state of Maryland epitomized th
 e contradictions of slavery\, African American freedom\, and the Civil War
 &rsquo\;s harsh "brother against brother" reality. By 1864\, the Free Stat
 e had reached a crossroads that the entire nation was confronting&mdash\;a
  Civil War that had turned savage\, whether Abraham Lincoln would be reele
 cted\, and what would be the fate of four million human beings held in bon
 dage.</p>\n<p>Join psychiatrist and author&nbsp\;Dr. Stephen A. Goldman as
  he explores how the soldiers' and sailors' vote in Maryland would greatly
  determine the state's future and why their overwhelming support for slave
 ry's abolition exemplified how the war radicalized so many white serviceme
 n throughout the Union.</p>\n<p><strong>Biography</strong></p>\n<p>Stephen
  A. Goldman\, M.D.\, who has decades of experience in patient care\, acade
 mia\, public health\, and medical product safety\, wrote the ground-breaki
 ng <strong><a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/484883?searchId
 =19307272&amp\;recordIndex=1&amp\;page=1&amp\;referred=resultIndex" target
 ="_blank" rel="noopener">One More War to Fight: Union Veterans&rsquo\; Bat
 tle for Equality through Reconstruction\, Jim Crow\, and the Lost Cause</a
 ></strong>. The only physician to serve on the Abraham Lincoln Institute B
 oard of Directors\, Goldman's thought-provoking findings have been welcome
 d on television\, radio\, podcasts\, and in other venues for many years.</
 p>\n<p>Questions about this program?&nbsp\;Contact Quince Orchard Library 
 at 240-777-0200.</p>\n<p>Don't have a card right now? No worries! Find out
  how to&nbsp\;<strong><a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/library/serv
 ices/card.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Get a Library Card</a></str
 ong>.</p>\n<p><strong>Accommodation Requests</strong></p>\n<p>People who a
 re Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request&nbsp\;<strong><a href="https://m
 ontgomerycountymd.gov/Library/accessibility/interpreter.html" target="_bla
 nk" rel="noopener">English-language captioning or sign-language interpreta
 tion</a></strong>&nbsp\;at least five days before the library-sponsored pr
 ogram they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibil
 ity Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.
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