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The Cambria: A Performance by Donal OKelly
Thu, Mar 01, 2007 @ 08:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Critically acclaimed Irish actor and writer Donal O'Kelly performs The Cambria, about African American abolitionist Frederick Douglass's voyage to Ireland in 1845 on the eve of the potato famine.The Cambria was a transatlantic Cunard Line paddle-steamer. On August 10, 1845, the very eve of the great Irish Famine, escaped slave Frederick Douglass was among the passengers on the Cambria's Boston-Cork route. He had just published his life story, and it had become a bestseller. He was forced to flee with a high price on his head and he sought asylum in Ireland.For more information, please visit:http://www.usc.edu/webapps/events_calendar/custom/113/index.php?category=Item&item=0.861439&active_category=Upcoming
Location: Gin Wong Conference Center
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
