“Mapping the Slave Trade…” is a digital humanities project of the African Historical Graphics Archive for the in-depth study of Africa, American, Afro-Caribbean and Afro-American history. For a brief description of the context as well as some potential applications of the project in exploring history and understanding our current circumstance in the Atlantic world see:
This excerpt was drawn from a program of tribute to the important life-long work of Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. of Harvard University:
- Recalling Some Aspects of America’s Immigration Policies in Black History Month | EV & N – 238 – CCTV
- Old Maps & New Narratives: Digitizing Historical Maps to Analyze New Dimensions of the Atlantic Trade
See related news of recent report:
- Why Schools Fail To Teach Slavery’s ‘Hard History’ : NPR February 7, 2018
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“Mapping the Slave Trade…” is part of a larger scholarly collaborative known as the “African Historical Graphics Archive”
See related:
- Colloquium with Mary Hicks: ‘Africa/Brazil: Black Mariners and the World of South Atlantic Slavery’ November 7, 2018
and - Cheryl Finley – Events – Harvard Book Store
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