The Cambria: A Performance by Donal OKelly

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