Clarkson University Science Café:
Charles Darwin, Abraham Lincoln, and the Evolution of Thinking about Enslaved People
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Canton: Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 7:15 p.m. at the Best Western University Inn Rushton Room, 90 E. Main St. in Canton, N.Y.
Potsdam: Wednesday, Nov. 20 at 7:15 p.m. at the St. Lawrence Valley Roasters & Jernabi Coffeehouse, 11 Maple St. in Potsdam, N.Y.
Darwin’s Origin of Species arrived in America on the week John Brown was hanged, December 3, 1859, becoming immediately popular especially among American abolitionists – which President Abraham Lincoln was not, at the time.
Lincoln’s thinking about enslaved people, however, evolved throughout the Civil War until he came to concur with Darwin on the common humanity of peoples of color – for which Darwin had produced the first scientific proof.
Clarkson University Professor Emeritus of Humanities Jan Wojcik, a member of the local Civil War Roundtable and president of the board of trustees of Potsdam Public Museum, will present and lead a discussion of these fascinating events.
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