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In this special online event, Ed Baptist will present the Cornell-based Freedom on the Move (FOTM) project, in conversation with moderator Eric Tagliacozzo. The output of FOTM is a database documenting the lives of fugitives from American slavery through newspaper ads placed by slave owners in the 18th and 19th centuries. In the next phase of the project, the team will collaborate not only with other scholars from multiple disciplines but also public historians, genealogists, and archivists. By incorporating crowdsourced data, the researchers hope the project will enhance the ability of scholars from multiple disciplines to study the migration trajectory and experience of individuals and populations from slavery to freedom and beyond.
This event is sponsored by Cornell’s Migrations initiative.
Freedom on the Move has been generously supported by:
The National Endowment for the Humanities, Cornell University History Department and the College of Arts and Sciences, National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the University of New Orleans Midlo Center for Public History, Project Shine (Houston TX), the Cornell Center for Social Sciences, the Mellon Foundation, University of Alabama, Cornell University Library, the Delmas Foundation, University of Kentucky, Ohio State University, and thousands of users of/contributors to the site in the United States and beyond.
RESOURCES / NEXT STEPS
“What happens to middle school kids when you teach them about slavery”
https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/02/teaching-slavery-schools-kids-emotional-freedom-on-the-move.html
Cornell Migrations
Mellon Just Futures
Data Driven: New Research Puts Spotlight on Migrants’ Rights
Outsiders: How the Invasion Concept Shapes Migration Perspectives
Freedom on the Move
“What happens to middle school kids when you teach them about slavery”
This event is sponsored by Cornell’s Migrations initiative.
Freedom on the Move has been generously supported by:
The National Endowment for the Humanities, Cornell University History Department and the College of Arts and Sciences, National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the University of New Orleans Midlo Center for Public History, Project Shine (Houston TX), the Cornell Center for Social Sciences, the Mellon Foundation, University of Alabama, Cornell University Library, the Delmas Foundation, University of Kentucky, Ohio State University, and thousands of users of/contributors to the site in the United States and beyond.
RESOURCES / NEXT STEPS
“What happens to middle school kids when you teach them about slavery”
https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/02/teaching-slavery-schools-kids-emotional-freedom-on-the-move.html
Cornell Migrations
Mellon Just Futures
Data Driven: New Research Puts Spotlight on Migrants’ Rights
Outsiders: How the Invasion Concept Shapes Migration Perspectives
Freedom on the Move
“What happens to middle school kids when you teach them about slavery”