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American250 Book Discussion: African Founders In-Person
Join us every third Monday of the month to discuss books commemorating the country’s 250th anniversary.
African Founders: How Enslaved People Expanded American Freedom by David Hackett Fischer
African Founders explores the little-known history of how enslaved people from different regions of Africa interacted with colonists of European origins to create new regional cultures in the colonial United States. The Africans brought with them linguistic skills, novel techniques of animal husbandry and farming, and generations-old ethical principles. Drawing on decades of research, some of it in western Africa, Fischer recreates the diverse regional life that shaped the early American republic.
- Date:
- Monday, May 18, 2026
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 7:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Meeting Room
Event Organizer
Mallory Duriak