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Course | Supreme Injustice: Slavery, The Constitution, and the U.S Supreme Court with Paul Finkelman | In Person
Apr
27
Courses, Paid, Public, In Person, Civic Dialogues at the Rosenbach

Course | Supreme Injustice: Slavery, The Constitution, and the U.S Supreme Court with Paul Finkelman | In Person

This engaging seminar, held in the Rosenbach’s historic house, will begin with a discussion of how slavery helped shape the Constitution, which ironically, was written in Pennsylvania–the first state in the nation and the first political jurisdiction in the Western World to take steps to end slavery. 

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[SOLD OUT] Behind the Bookcase Tour | Mexico: Race and Revolution in the Borderlands | In-Person
Apr
28
Behind the Bookcase Tours, In-Person, Paid, Public, Civic Dialogues at the Rosenbach

[SOLD OUT] Behind the Bookcase Tour | Mexico: Race and Revolution in the Borderlands | In-Person

This tour features the Rosenbach’s collections from Mexico and Texas, including materials from the Spanish Empire, the early years of Mexican independence, and relations with the expanding United States in the 1800s.

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Workshop | Book Arts: Printing America’s Founding Documents – A People’s Friend Program | In-Person
Mar
9
In-Person, Workshops, Paid, Public, Civic Dialogues at the Rosenbach

Workshop | Book Arts: Printing America’s Founding Documents – A People’s Friend Program | In-Person

In this hands-on printing workshop, you will use a tabletop press to create your own, personal copies of U.S. founding documents–such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights—complemented by a selection of important engravings from the Rosenbach’s holdings. 

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