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Michigan State University to use $1.47 million grant to build slave trade database

Posted on January 12, 2018 by Gail Dever

According to a news report by Michigan radio station WUOM-FM, Michigan State University (MSU) will use a $1.47 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to put together an online database that will combine data MSU already has with … Continue reading →

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British slave-ownership database contains more than expected

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Gail Dever

University London College (UCL) last Wednesday announced the establishment of its new Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership, with the support of the Hutchins Center at Harvard University. UCL also unveiled the new Legacies of British … Continue reading →

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Cornell builds database of historical runaway slave ads

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Gail Dever

Cornell University in Ithaca, New York has begun a project to compile a database of historical runaway slave advertisements published in newspapers. The project involves digitizing, preserving, organizing, and enabling analysis of all surviving runaway ads. Runaway slave ads were … Continue reading →

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