Former child slave turned abolitionist to speak
Jean-Robert Cadet, world-renowned abolitionist and former child slave, will visit the University of Arkansas at 糖心视频logo to give a talk titled 鈥淔rom Child Slave to Abolitionist鈥� at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3, at the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall听in the Fine Arts Building.
The presentation is free and open to the public.
Cadet鈥檚 books, “Restavec: From Haitian Slave to Middle-Class American” and “My Stone of Hope: From Haitian Slave Child to Abolitionist,” chronicle his life as a child slave in Haiti, known as a restavek.
Both books will be available for purchase and a book-signing session will follow the lecture.
鈥淐adet grew up without parents and without love, and the story is so difficult,鈥� said Suzanne Homsley, a graduate student enrolled in Dr. Laura Barrio-Vilar鈥檚 course Slavery Narratives. The class read one of Cadet鈥檚 books this semester.
鈥淸Restavek] will definitely leave the reader full of many emotions,鈥� said Homsley.
鈥淚 believe the event will really bring the book to life for us and actually put a living face to slavery. This can only help us all become more cognizant and active in regards to social injustice,鈥� she said.
听Cadet鈥檚 visit is sponsored by UALR鈥檚 William G. Cooper Jr. Honors Program in English in conjunction with the UALR Institute on Race and Ethnicity.
Information on the Jean R. Cadet Restavek Organizaiton, which advocates the end of child slavery, is available at .
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