Hidden Fortress: Marronage & Black Resistance on the Savannah River

The Learning Center and The Book Lady are bringing together an incredible group of historians and preservationists to explore the fascinating and inspiring history of black resistance and marronage on Savannah’s Belleisle Island and Bear Creek. The panel of experts are Dr. Sylviane Diouf, the country’s leading scholar on the African diaspora and marronage; Dr. Paul Pressly, whose expertise spans colonial Georgia and the Lowcountry’s Gullah-Geechee cultural and environmental legacies, ; Richard Kanaski, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Regional Archaeologist and Historical Preservation Officer; and best-selling novelist George Dawes Green, whose latest work has brought Savannah’s history to life.