ResearchBuzz: FirehoseAmerican Ancestors: New Database: Kentucky: Kentucky Enslaved Church Records Project. “We are excited to share a new 10 Million Names database today, Kentucky: Kentucky Enslaved Church Records Project. These valuable records were provided by Reckoning, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to examine the legacy of slavery in America and to create ways for communities to engage […]
Indianz: Native America Calling: A new archive tells the story of Indigenous slavery. “A team of researchers are actively sifting through archival documents, artifacts even artwork to expand the story of Indigenous slavery. The Native Bound Unbound project includes interactive maps, digitized documents and recent interviews with descendants whose ancestors endured enslavement.”
The Guardian: ‘This is strength’: stories of enslaved Africans in Grenada will be made into searchable archive. “The stories of enslaved African people and more than 1,000 British plantation owners who were compensated after abolition will be brought together in a searchable archive for the first time.”
ThomasAs the Tatoo Circus in the left wing center KTS in Freiburg is coming, @RDL is starting a podcast to Abolition, a very historical word, rooted in the fight against human enslavement. With todays focus on ending imprisonment, we will talk for 50 minutes about how to strengthen our communities and how exactly to move towards the end of prisons.
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University of Massachusetts Amherst: Sowing History, Reaping Justice: Art History Students Publish Children’s Books about Slavery in the Northern US and Canada. “These books were written and illustrated by students in Dr. Charmaine A. Nelson’s UMass Amherst spring art history course, The Visual Culture of Slavery. They have now been digitally published in an open access collection by Black […]
Shine My CrownBoston’s King’s Chapel Unveils Huge Statue of Black Woman to Honor Enslaved People Once Held by Congregation Members https://shinemycrown.com/bostons-kings-chapel-unveils-huge-statue-of-black-woman-to-honor-enslaved-people-once-held-by-congregation-members/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Boston #KingsChapel #Monument #BlackHistory #EnslavedPeople
University of Cambridge: Family fortunes founded on slavery. “More than 600 letters, photos and papers – pieced together over 20 years from auction sites such as eBay – paint a vivid picture of a British dynasty who profited from enslaving people during the 18th and 19th centuries and indenturing people into the 20th century. The first tranche of the collection is now open to researchers […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/29/university-of-cambridge-family-fortunes-founded-on-slavery/
World History EncyclopediaAlthough slaveholders in 19th century America regularly claimed their “property” was content with living in bondage, attempted or successful escapes by slaves were fairly common, whether assisted by the Underground Railroad or taken on by individuals with little or no outside help. #History #EnslavedPeople #Slave #Slavery #UnitedStates #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/9-307-en/
Associated Press: A volunteer finds the Holy Grail of abolitionist-era Baptist documents in Massachusetts. “The 5-foot-long scroll is a handwritten declaration signed by 116 New England ministers saying they ‘disapprove and abhor the system of American slavery.’”
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education: New Database Provides Insights Into Black Americans Born Before Emancipation. “Michigan State University’s ‘Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade’ website has recently published new data on more than 2 million Black Americans born before emancipation who were included in the 1900 census.”