Lance Greene Anthropology and Sociology Wright State University Wright State Fri, 03/25/2022 - 3:00pm 221 LeConte Hall Join us as Dr. Lance Greene discusses is research and new book - "In his book Their Determination to Remain: A Cherokee Community’s Resistance to the Trail of Tears in North Carolina (U Alabama Press, March, 2022), Lance Greene explores the lives of wealthy plantation owners Betty and John Welch who lived on the southwestern edge of the Cherokee Nation. John was Cherokee and Betty was White. Although few Cherokees in the region participated in slavery, the Welches held nine African Americans in bondage." Associate Professor Lance Greene is a historical archaeologist in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Wright State University and co-editor of American Indians and the Market Economy, 1775–1850. His research interests focus on marginalized groups—American Indians, women, minorities, the poor, and the institutionalized—in the United States during the 18th and 19th centuries. This is a FREE and public event.
