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 Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania
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Today we take you back to 1847–48, when thirteen enslaved people bolted north from Maryland and found refuge with abolitionist Daniel Kauffman (Christy says David a few times, that's a speak-o) only to face a high-stakes lawsuit from their former owner, Mary M. Oliver. Over years of courtroom battles and appeals, their daring flight and Kauffman’s moral stand reveal the fierce legal and social forces arrayed against freedom. Christy draws a line to today’s struggles over erasing slavery from our public memory and spotlight the ongoing fight to honor the past and protect the most vulnerable. Subscribe for a powerful story of courage, resistance, and why we must keep freedom’s flame alive.