by lindaoppenheim | Feb 19, 2024
Lyndsey P. Beutin will share the contours of her new book Trafficking in Antiblackness, which argues that campaigns to end human trafficking use modern-day slavery rhetoric and imagery to circumvent Western historical responsibility for racial chattel slavery....
by lindaoppenheim | Feb 18, 2024 | Announcement
The university announced further actions to address findings from the Yale and Slavery Research Project, issued an apology and a historical study, and announced steps to address this legacy, including new support for public education in New Haven, Conn.
by lindaoppenheim | Oct 18, 2023
Rich Swingle has created a one-man play about John Woolman, who challenged the Philadelphia Yearly Quaker Meeting of 1758 to abolish slavery. Woolman’s efforts are the basis of I Dreamed I Was Free to be performed by its author at the annual fundraising gala of the...
by lindaoppenheim | Oct 9, 2023
Join Morven for a screening of The Price of Silence, part one of an Emmy-nominated documentary from Truehart Productions sharing the history of New Jersey’s enslaved people. Hear from descendants and historians telling their own stories and exploring why New Jersey...
by lindaoppenheim | Sep 14, 2023
In the 18th and 19th centuries, Blacks in Newark resisted slavery, advocated for abolitionism and assisted others in their quest for freedom. In this program, James Amemasor — research specialist at the New Jersey Historical Society — will discuss how enslaved people...
