BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260912T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260912T160000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:By the Sweat of Our Brows DESCRIPTION:In honor of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution\, this living history event centers on the experience of enslaved people of African descent during the war. The story of liberty in the Brattonsville community took root in many ways during this period\, and its legacy is still evident in current generations of descendants. https://chmuseums.org/event/sweat/Ongoing Activities:Meet the Descendants talk with descendants of both the Bratton family and the people enslaved on the Bratton Plantation"Look With Your Hands" tour of an 18th century house\, from the perspective of Polly (Watt's wife)18th century cooking demonstrationBlacksmithing demonstration\, emphasis on the people enslaved at Hill's IronworksShelling corn hands-on activity\, with emphasis on the kinds of work done and food eaten on 18th century farms7th Regiment of Foot (British Army) encampment\, with emphasis on the role the British Army played in freedom-seeking trends among enslaved people in South CarolinaTimed Activities:Calling of the Names William Bratton's 1813 will (the earliest comprehensive list of people enslaved on the Bratton farm) and the 1865 Freedmen's List (11 a.m.)Brattonsville site tours:Huck's Defeat battlefield tour\, featuring the stories of Watt\, Weaver George\, and Miller Sam (11:30 a.m.)What Happened Next? site tour\, focusing on the 19th century (1:30 p.m.)Keynote presentation: "'To The Last Drop of Blood:' African Americans in the American Revolution\," CHM Historian Zach Lemhouse (12:30 p.m.)Descendants presentation (2:30 p.m.)Ongoing Enslaved Ancestral Burial Ground tours\, highlighting Watt's headstoneHistorical Center table 18th century York County court records and wills referencing enslaved people and newspaper articles featuring Watt's story X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

In honor of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution\, this living history event centers on the experience of enslaved people of African descent during the war. The story of liberty in the Brattonsville community took root in many ways during this period\, and its legacy is still evident in current generations of descendants. \;https://chmuseums.org/event/sweat/

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