History of Slavery at UGA @HSUGA7
The research team working at the University of Georgia. [Image: Bishop Lucius Holsey (1842-1920), once enslaved by a UGA professor.] contact: [email protected] ehistory.org/slavery/ Athens, Georgia Joined November 2019-
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On Friday, April 30 & Saturday, May 1, 2021, the University of Georgia will sponsor a virtual symposium: "The History of Slavery at the University of Georgia: Recognition, Reconciliation and Redress." Registration is free. For more details, please see: slaveryatUGA.org
A full 60 years after @universityofga was integrated, Phaidra Buchanan, its first Black Rhodes scholar, will travel to Oxford to study education. Phaidra is also part of the History of Slavery at UGA working group. @HSUGA7 #RhodesScholarships bit.ly/3kXbYI5
[One of HSUGA's student researchers] UGA’s Phaidra Buchanan named 2021 Rhodes Scholar news.uga.edu/phaidra-buchan…
In the antebellum U.S. South a white person just traded a slave's child. wcmcdaniel.web.rice.edu/slave-sales-on…
Today @freepress is celebrating the launch of @Media2070, a 100-page essay documenting the history of media harm against Black lives – and laying out a path to dreaming of #mediareparations. Explore now & imagine a new way forward! >> media2070.org
"Media organizations were complicit in the slave trade and profited off of chattel slavery." -excerpt from early pages of this incredible essay on media reparations from @freepress and @aliciacbell mediareparations.org/essay/
After digging through hundreds of pages of court records, I've pieced together a family tree of almost 200 free and enslaved members of the Butler family. The tree, and their 90+ freedom suits are now available to view on O Say Can You See. #slaveryarchive earlywashingtondc.org/families/butler
The Rice University Task Force on Slavery, Segregation and Racial Justice is hosting a Zoom Webinar Monday, 9/21, at noon CDT titled, "Slavery, Dispossession and the Way Forward for Universities." For more: taskforce.rice.edu.
Register at tiny.cc/harvardslavery… for Harvard & Slavery: Then & Now, which takes place next Friday at 1pm ET! Harvard & Slavery: Then & Now is a student-organized convening that connects past and present struggles to shed light on the life and afterlife of slavery at Harvard.
A small town in Georgia has voted to move a former slave market out of the center of town cnn.it/31NXAub
From @HSUGA7 ・・・ Daguerreotype of an enslaved woman. Clarke County, GA. 1853. source: Vanishing Georgia, Georgia Archives, Morrow, GA.
Are you following @HSUGA7 yet? The initiative is dedicated to exploring UGA’s relationship with slavery and its legacies in the Athens community. Pictured:Robert Henry of Billups Street. One of two images of formerly enslaved Black Athenians from the WPA Slave Narrative Archives.
After the last enslaved communities in Texas finally got word of freedom, Black Texans *mobilized* to make freedom real. They held *scores* of Black conventions to secure public education, #votingrights, jobs + labor justice. See them here! omeka.coloredconventions.org/state-conventi… #JuneteenthDay
After the last enslaved communities in Texas finally got word of freedom, Black Texans *mobilized* to make freedom real. They held *scores* of Black conventions to secure public education, #votingrights, jobs + labor justice. See them here! omeka.coloredconventions.org/state-conventi… #JuneteenthDay
Happy Juneteenth! The History of Slavery at UGA Project remembers the enslaved people who were forced to labor at the University of Georgia. Black Athenians built and maintained the University of Georgia, and it is our mission to uncover their names and stories.
I wrote a piece. Happy Juneteenth, y'all! Growing Up with Juneteenth newyorker.com/culture/person… via @NewYorker
An advisory group will review and study the names of buildings and colleges on all @BORUSG campuses. news.uga.edu/advisory-group…
Watch an illustration of EJI's new report. While the 12 years after enslavement initially held great hope, the era gave way to devastating violence by white people against Black communities. Our history of racial injustice requires more attention to address the issues of today.
Today, we are delighted to receive the support of the National Archives to continue the work of collecting & publishing these important sources for family/African-American history. Thank you @USNatArchives ! archives.gov/press/press-re…
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After the last enslaved communities in Texas finally got word of freedom, Black Texans *mobilized* to make freedom real. They held *scores* of Black conventions to secure public education, #votingrights, jobs + labor justice. See them here! omeka.coloredconventions.org/state-conventi… #JuneteenthDay
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I wrote a piece. Happy Juneteenth, y'all! Growing Up with Juneteenth newyorker.com/culture/person… via @NewYorker
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Today is the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The 2020 theme is “Confronting Slavery’s Legacy of Racism Together.” #Racism divides us and holds us back. Let's join forces to fight it. #RememberSlavery #FightRacism
Fantastic help yesterday from @Harvard_Law ITService desk yesterday.Above and beyond the call of duty, even after I, unfairly, got testy. Accepted my apology, & set me up for the rest of the semester— worked on my laptop and gave me one as a loaner. Consummate professionals.
This is not a #Coranavirus protest. This is a protest against Jair Bolsonaro.
Coronavirus protest in Brazil sees millions bang pots from balconies bbc.in/33rw3iP
Friends, I'm doing some ancillary work (i.e. work that is attached to my interests, but I could never justify concentrated effort). So, here is a question: I have a large list of films/media dealing w/ chattel slavery I collected for my course. Are y'all interested in seeing it?
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Charlottesville: Vigil at the site of the former slave auction block to remember the lives of the 14,000 people freed from slavery when Union troops arrive in Charlottesville on March 3, 1865 & the lives of all of those who died in bondage #slaveryarchive ow.ly/jqJY30qmalx
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If you are teaching 19th century US history, or just want to listen to a conversation about history, I did a podcast for @librarycongress called African-American Passages: Black Lives in the 19th Century, based the Library's manuscript collections. loc.gov/podcasts/afric…
How are historians engaging scholars, enthusiasts, and the public on social media platforms? Kevin Levin takes a look in his latest piece for the Monitor, "History in the Digital Age," now available to read at our website: civilwarmonitor.com/blog/history-i… #CivilWar #twitterstorians
Thnx to @CivilWarMonitor for making this available. cc: @KevinMKruse @jbf1755 @HC_Richardson @AlbertMackey1 @aw_cwba @Bullrunnings @CD_HistoryBlog @CWI_GC @EmergingCWBlog @arothmanhistory @KeishaBlain @sassyprof @HilaryGreen77 @MKeithHarris @colinewoodward civilwarmonitor.com/blog/history-i…
Enslaved people at @SLU_Official in the early 1830s cooked and did laundry for students and faculty. Thomas Brown and his wife Molly were among those whose forced labor helped support the university in its early years. They lived in cabins on campus, circled below in blue.
Process of acknowledgment through research, education, memorialization, commemoration important foundation for repair. #slaveryu #unislavery
Important project by @HilaryGreen77 at the University of Alabama. I am thinking about the enslaved individuals who worked at and around the University of Georgia. I wish we knew their names and stories. @HSUGA7 #BlackHistoryMonth
Oops! We’ll reveal Vanguard’s stunning cover tomorrow, Monday, but folks at the @ASALH luncheon got a sneak preview. You’ll have to zoom in a bit here to see it! Thanks to artist Charly Palmer for lending this image. @BasicBooks