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Past Events
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Jul 4, 2010
Celebrate Independence Day and Learn Our History! Free Admission -
Apr 8, 2010
Lecture on 18th-Century Architecture in North Carolina--SOLD OUT! -
Feb 16, 2010
Annual Meeting of the Joel Lane Historical Society -
Feb 4, 2010
Lecture on Slavery in North Carolina in the 18th Century -
Jan 21, 2010
Lecture on the Women of Joel Lane’s Family -
Dec 5, 2009 - Dec 6, 2009
Christmas Open House 2009 -
Nov 27, 2009 - Nov 29, 2009
Special Hours on Friday and Saturday of Thanksgiving Weekend -
Nov 12, 2009
Lecture on Wake County’s Participation in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 -
Oct 29, 2009
Tavern Party -
Oct 4, 2009
Lecture on George Washington’s 1791 Tour of the South--SOLD OUT -
Sep 20, 2009
Lizzie Lane’s Colonial Tea 2009--SOLD OUT -
Jul 4, 2009
An Old-Fashioned July Fourth, 2009 -
Jun 15, 2009 - Jun 19, 2009
Colonial Day Camp at the Joel Lane Museum House -
Apr 23, 2009
Back by popular demand, Jim Jones will lecture on “Comitia Americana Medals.” -
Mar 13, 2009
Concert of Early American Music by Nationally Renowned Musicians -
Feb 19, 2009
Lecture on “George Washington’s 1791 Tour through the South” WAS SOLD OUT -
Feb 10, 2009
Joel Lane Historical Society Annual Meeting -
Dec 6, 2008 - Dec 7, 2008
The Simple Joys of a A Colonial Christmas -
Nov 13, 2008
Lecture on “Promoting Heritage Tourism Through the Preservation of City-Owned Cemeteries” -
Oct 23, 2008
Lecture on “The Anglican Church in North Carolina in the Colonial Era” -
Sep 28, 2008
Lizzie Lane’s Colonial Tea -
Sep 13, 2008
Volunteer Open House -
Jul 4, 2008
An Old-Fashioned July Fourth, 2008
A Lecture on Joel Lane and His Slaves
Florence Mitchell, PhD and chair of the education committee for the Joel Lane Museum House Board of Directors, will discuss the findings from her research on “Joel Lane and his Slaves” on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 7pm in the Visitors Center. Admission will be $15 for the public and $10 for members of the Joel Lane Historical Society. Refreshments will be served. Seating is limited, and advanced purchase is required. Please call 919-833-3431 with your MasterCard or Visa, or mail a check to P O Box 10884, Raleigh NC 27605. Be sure to include the names of all in your party; nametags will serve as tickets.
Florence was born and grew up here in Raleigh and lived in the region until going to graduate school in Florida. She received a Doctorate in Art Education from Florida State University, a Master of Arts in Creative Art and a Bachelor of Arts in Art from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After teaching art at Mercer University in Atlanta for twenty years, she retired to St. Augustine, Florida. An interest in genealogy led her to work with The Friends of the Huguenot Cemetery in St. Augustine. That association led to her interest in historical research. She wrote and published “Sacred to the Memory: a History of the Huguenot Cemetery” for that organization.
When she returned to Raleigh, she became a docent at the Joel Lane Museum House and ultimately began to research different topics related to the education program here. in 2009, she started researching Joel Lane’s slaves. From that research came the paper, “Capital Accumulation Through Slave Ownership in Wake County, 1771-1835, Joel Lane and His Circle of Friends.” That paper was given at the North Carolina Museum Council’s annual conference in 2010. This presentation is a continuation of that research.
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