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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Richard Bell 
LOCATION:Rockville Memorial Library\nRockville Memorial Library
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DESCRIPTION:Hear from the author of Stolen\, a gripping and true story abo
 ut five boys kidnapped and smuggled into slavery in the Deep South—
 and their daring attempt to escape and bring their captors to justice. .\n
 https://mcpl.libnet.info/event/4527375
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join us for a book talk about&nbsp\;<em>St
 olen</em> and the five boys who lost their freedom and attempted to get it
  back.&nbsp\;Their ordeal&mdash\;an odyssey that takes them from the Phila
 delphia waterfront to the marshes of Mississippi and then onward still&mda
 sh\;shines a glaring spotlight on the Reverse Underground Railroad\, a bla
 ck market network of human traffickers and slave traders who stole away th
 ousands of legally free African Americans from their families in order to 
 fuel slavery&rsquo\;s rapid expansion in the decades before the Civil War.
 </p>\n<p>Richard Bell is a professor of history at the University of Maryl
 and. He has&nbsp\;won more than a dozen teaching awards\, including&nbsp\;
 the University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excel
 lence in Teaching\, the highest honor for teaching faculty in the Maryland
  state system. He&nbsp\;serves as a Trustee of the Maryland Historical Soc
 iety and as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Spons
 ored by Friends of the Library\, Rockville Memorial Chapter.</p>\n<p><span
  style="color: #ff0000\;"><strong>For security reasons\, this program sess
 ion will be locked 5 minutes after it begins. Please log in promptly.</str
 ong></span></p>\n<p><strong>Join us in Zoom:</strong> &nbsp\;<a href="http
 s://zoom.us/j/96838754199">https://zoom.us/j/96838754199</a></p>\n<p><stro
 ng>Or Dial In:</strong> 301 715 8592\; Meeting ID: 968 3875 4199</p>
 \n<p>Looking for resources to find more good reads?&nbsp\;Take a look at t
 hese resources using your library card. Don't have a card right now? No wo
 rries\, try our newly improved Digital Library card&nbsp\;<a href="https:/
 /mcpl.link/DigitalCard">https://mcpl.link/DigitalCard</a>&nbsp\;and you'll
  be ready to go in minutes.</p>\n<p style="border: 5px solid black\; paddi
 ng: 50px\; background-image: linear-gradient(to right\, #f1d45e\,#F2CD37\,
 #f1d45e)\;"><strong>By joining this Virtual MCPL program\, you agree to ab
 ide by our&nbsp\;<a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/library/policies/
 behavior.html">rules of conduct</a>.&nbsp\;Library staff has the authority
  to remove you from this program if we deem your behavior to be inappropri
 ate\, to ensure the safety of staff and customers.<br /><br /><a href="htt
 ps://montgomerycountymd.gov/library/policies/zoom.html">Learn about MCPL's
  Zoom Security Settings</a></strong></p>\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/4
 527375
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