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05/08/2020 - Breman Online Speaker Series

Breman Museum Online Speaker Series: Savannah Colonial History
May 08 2020 | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Breman Museum Online Speaker Series: Savannah Colonial History

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Deerskins and furs were the most valuable commodity produced in the British American colonies. My talk will focus on Jews and interaction with Indigenous peoples centered on this trade in colonial Georgia and South Carolina. A key individual will be Moses Nunes, a member of the most important Sephardic family among the earliest Jewish settlers in Savannah. Yet the discussion will also takes us back and forth to England, besides linking northern and southern Jews. 

Mark K. Bauman retired as a professor of history at Atlanta Metropolitan College. He is the author of biographies of Southern Methodist Bishop Warren A. Candler (recipient of the Jesse Lee Prize) and Rabbi Harry H. Epstein, as well as American Jewish Chronology (2001).

This is our Third installment of our partnered virtual series with the Jewish Educational Alliance and Savannah Jewish Federation look foward to more programs in the coming weeks.

This webinar will be held in Zoom and is freely available to all. Click on the link below to join a waiting room ahead of the start of the program.

Where
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Schedule
10-11:00: Video Webinar

Price
Free

This webinar will be held on the Zoom platform. By clicking the link you should be able to access the webinar, but if you have any issues here are some useful resources for troubleshooting before the day of the program.

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Funding for this program is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners.

             

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