The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition and the Digital Humanities Symposium presents a conference:
“The Study of Slavery and Abolition in the Digital Age.”
Welcoming Remarks, 11:00
David Blight, Director, Gilder Lehrman Center
Peter Leonard, Director, Digital Humanities Lab
Morning Panel, 11:30-1:00
Denise Burgher, University of Deleware
Jim Casey, Princeton University
The Colored Conventions Project
www.coloredconventions.org
Linford Fisher, Brown University
Database of Indigenous Slavery in the Americas
https://indigenousslavery.org/
Dawn Chitty, African American Civil War Museum
John Clegg, New York University
African American Civil War Soldiers Project
www.usct.cc
Moderator: jub Sankofa, Yale University
Lunch: 1:00 to 2:30
Afternoon Panel, 2:30 to 4:00
Joseph Yannielli, Yale University
Students from Dr. Yannielli’s class “Runaways, Rebels, Wenches & Rogues”
Runaway New England
Judith Giesberg, Villanova University
Margaret Jerrido, Archivist, Mother Bethel AME Church, Philadelphia
Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery
http://www.informationwanted.org/
Moderator: Danya Pilgrim, Yale University