Mark Twain’s Black Muse: The Life and Legacy of His Butler, George Griffin
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Independent Mark Twain scholar Kevin MacDonnell will present his intriguing findings regarding the Clemens family’s Hartford butler, George Griffin. This talk will preview some of the newly discovered details of Griffin’s remarkable life that have since come to light. Among these new discoveries are the identity of his second enslaver, and the shocking relationships between his first and second enslavers with several of the people who conspired with John Wilkes Booth in his aborted plan to ki
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