Freedom on the Move: Digital History and Beyond
Host Christy Hyman, creator of the Random Nature Podcast and historical geographer, takes listeners on a journey through how history is researched and made.
This podcast will introduce listeners to the world of digital history through an important database of enslaved freedom seekers: Freedom on the Move, a database of enslaved freedom seekers.
We will discuss the history, the people, the places of freedom and unfreedom and how we deliver this work to the public.
People mentioned:
Christy Hyman
Bill Block
Megan Jeffreys
Ed Baptist
Eric Gaither
John Garcia
Elizabeth Pope
Places mentioned:
Worcester, MA
Great Dismal Swamp
Bertie County, N.C.
Edenton, N.C.
Learn more:
https://freedomonthemove.org/
https://www.americanantiquarian.org/
Freedom on the Move: Digital History and Beyond
The Archive and Hidden Histories
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This episode examines the methodological approaches to history that have perpetuated the erasure of Afro-descendant community experiences while offering insight into how archival organizing logics limit research discovery of historically marginalized groups.
People mentioned, Edouard Glissant, Nicolás Kanellos, Luis Valdez, Miguel Piñero Nicholasa Mohr, Victor Villaseñor, Helena María Viramontes, Linda Garcia Merchant, Maria Cotera, Lorena Gauthereau, Carolina Villereal, Tara White