The New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics High School (Sci High) and the University of New Orleans’ Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies will host “Freedom on the Move in New Orleans,” a K-12 student creative showcase that explores the lives of freedom-seeking enslaved people in New Orleans and south Louisiana.
Prof. Ed Baptist, history, will present Monday on the Freedom on the Move project s work documenting the lives of fugitive American slaves in the 18th and 19th centuries using newspaper ads placed by slave owners.