# Event Details - **Event Name**: Mill Talk: Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 10 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 10 Dec, 2025 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: Rockman rethinks the geography of slavery and freedom in the decades between American independence and the Civil War.About this EventIn this talk, Rockman tells the biggest stories of early American history through the most mundane artifacts: shoes manufactured in Massachusetts for the use of enslaved people in Mississippi, for example, or woolen dresses stitched in Rhode Island for enslaved women in South Carolina to wear. In following these goods from the communities in which they were made to the communities in which they were used, Rockman rethinks the geography of slavery and freedom in the decades between American independence and the Civil War. He poses questions that continue to preoccupy us in the age of the iPhone and fair-trade coffee: what are the moral, ecological, and political relationships linking consumers and producers across long distances? What does it mean to be “complicit"?Speaker Bio:Seth Rockman is the George L. Littlefield Professor of American History at Brown University. He is the author of Scraping By: Wage Labor, Slavery, and Survival in Early Baltimore and coeditor of Slavery’s Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development. Rockman serves on the faculty advisory board of Brown University’s Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice. Plantation Goods was a finalist for the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in History, as well as for the Mark Lynton History Prize. The book was also named the winner of the Philip Taft Labor History Award. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/waltham/mill-talk-plantation-goods-a-material-history-of-american-slavery/100001969496180092 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Waltham - **state**: MA - **country**: United States - **location**: Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation - **lat**: 42.372984 - **long**: -71.23400200000003 - **full address**: Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation, 154 Moody Street, Waltham, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Mill Talk: Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/74aeb50f1105fb5ce923c26a55e48ba415295fa18cd60cc8f8439a2a2324c92d-rimg-w1200-h600-dc483018-gmir.jpg?v=1763621479 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Mill Talk: Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery being held? - **A:** Mill Talk: Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery takes place on Wed, 10 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm to Wed, 10 Dec, 2025 at 08:00 pm at Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation, 154 Moody Street, Waltham, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Mill Talk: Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery? - **A:** Mill Talk: Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery is organized by Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Mill Talk: Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Waltham, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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