The Jay Heritage Center will offer its 3rd program this year commemorating the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 with a new talk by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alan Taylor previewing his latest book project about the Slave War of 1812. During the War of 1812, more than 3,000 slaves escaped from Virginia and Maryland by stealing boats to reach British warships in Chesapeake Bay, where they were taken on board and employed. Alan Taylor, professor of history at the University of California, Davis, and the Robert C. Ritchie Distinguished Fellow, will discuss how their help proved essential to the British coastal raids, particularly the capture of Washington, D.C.
Taylor’s previous books include William Cooper's Town (Knopf, 1996), which won the Bancroft and Pulitzer prizes for American history. The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, and Indian Allies (Knopf, 2010), was called" the most illuminating and original history of the conflict ever written.” Pulitzer-winning historian Gordon Wood, writing in The New York Review of Books, called it “remarkable and deeply researched,” adding, “Taylor masterfully captures the strangeness of this war.” Copies of Prof. Taylor's books will be available for purchase and signing.
The lecture is free but reservations are requested. Please call JHC Program Director Heather Craane at (914) 698-9275 or e-mail jayhc@earthlink.net to reserve a seat.
The talk will take place at the Jay Heritage Center, 210 Boston Post Road, Rye, NY 10580 in the 1907 Van Norden Carriage House. Parking is free. Refreshments will be served.
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