/tags/emancipation emancipation en-US Copyright Tue, 12 Jan 2016 11:30:00 GMT /history/2016-01-12/christopher-hager-explores-emancipation-through-the-writings-of-enslaved-and-free-african-americans One of the cruel abuses of slavery in America was that slaves were forbidden to read and write. But as Trinity College Associate Professor of English and… Tue, 12 Jan 2016 11:30:00 GMT /history/2016-01-12/christopher-hager-explores-emancipation-through-the-writings-of-enslaved-and-free-african-americans