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URL:https://kingstonhappenings.org/events/the-ballad-of-the-fugitive-willi
 am-parker-with-cristin-okeefe-aptowicz/
SUMMARY:"The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker" with Cristin O'Keefe Ap
 towicz
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\nGWI is thrilled to welcome NY Times bestselling aut
 hor\,  Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz to Kingston to discuss her new book\, 
 The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker: A True Tale of Love\, Murder\,
  Treason\, and the Ordinary Folks Who Saved America. \n\nJoin us for a co
 nversation with Cristin\, moderated by Micah and Erica Brown\, followed by
  an audience Q &amp\; A and book signing. Limited copies of the book will 
 be available upon registration and day of the event\, courtesy of Rough D
 raft.\n\nThe Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker traces the incredible 
 true story of the “Cristiana Riot” and how a community-led resistance 
 changed the course of history.\n\nFor fans of Master Slave Husband Wife 
 and Django Unchained comes the extraordinary forgotten story of an event
  known in its day as “the first shots of the Civil War\,” from the Ne
 w York Times bestselling author of Dr. Mütter’s Marvels.\n\nAbout the
  Book:\n\nThe year\, 1851. The place\, a Quaker farming community turned U
 nderground Railroad stronghold\, where a Maryland enslaver had journeyed i
 n pursuit of four men who’d fled his plantation years before. In a few h
 ours\, he’d be dead…and twenty-seven men from the village of Christian
 a would be rounded up and put on trial. Not for his murder\, but for  tre
 ason—for waging war against the United States\, at a time when it was a 
 crime against the government to obstruct an enslaver looking to reclaim hi
 s “property.”\n\nThis is story of what happened in Christiana that Sep
 tember morning—and in the ensuing “trial of the century\,” which saw
  the president himself advise the prosecution on strategy and a sitting co
 ngressman serve as lead attorney for the defense. But  The Ballad of the 
 Fugitive William Parker is also a much larger tale\, one spanning decades\
 , following a whole startlingly diverse community of abolitionists in thei
 r fight to convince their fellow Americans of the subversive idea that now
  found itself on trial: that the nation ought to live up the ideals it was
  founded on\, and respect all men as equals.\n\nAbout Cristin O’Keefe A
 ptowicz:\n\nCristin O’Keefe Aptowicz is a  New York Times best selli
 ng poet and historian. She is the author of eight books of poetry\, most r
 ecently  Against Vanishing (2025)\,  How to Love the Empty Air (2018
 )\, and  The Year of No Mistakes (2013)\, which was named the Book of t
 he Year for Poetry by the Writers’ League of Texas.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n&nbsp\
 ;\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacilitators\n\nThis offering will b
 e facilitated by GWI workers &amp\; GWI Board member\, Erica Brown. You ca
 n see our bios here.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFee:\nWe have limited capacity 
 for this event. Registration is required.\n\n 	$15 (Registration ONLY): 
 Suggested admission to help underwrite the cost of offering this event\n 	
 $30 (Book ONLY): Reserved copy of the book\n 	$45: Suggested Admission +
  Book\n 	$0: Free Admission\n\nWe welcome your donation in support of o
 ur ongoing work!\n\nThis event is being offered in partnership with Rough
  Draft Bar &amp\; Books and Radio Kingston.\n\n\n\n\n\n
CATEGORIES:@Featured,Educational classes and lectures,History
LOCATION:The Greenhouse | Good Work Institute\, 65 St. James Street\, KINGS
 TON\, NY\, 12401\, United States
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