KTM&HC's Revolutionary Perspectives series celebrates innovative approaches to how we discover, interpret, and share American history, with an emphasis on themes of memory and identity. The series is supported by a grant from the Wadsworth R. Lewis Fund.

On March 23 at 3 p.m. in the Garden House, KTM&HC welcomes author, historian, and museum professional Dr. R. Isabela Morales to discuss her book Happy Dreams of Liberty: An American Family in Slavery and Freedom, a multi-generational history of the Townsend family. Born into slavery in Alabama, the Townsends won their freedom in 1860 and spent their lives pursuing social and economic mobility in a hostile society. Through careful research and compelling storytelling, Dr. Morales encourages readers to discover what one extraordinary American family can tell us about race, money, and opportunity in U.S. history.

Happy Dreams of Liberty is the winner of the Frederick Douglass Book Prize, the foremost international book award for the history of slavery and emancipation, and the Tom Watson Brown Book Award, one of the most prestigious book prizes in Civil War history.