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$1.4M Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant expands Enslaved.org research
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded $1.4 million to Michigan State University for Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade, or Enslaved.org, a first-of-its-kind database containing millions of records cataloging the lives of enslaved Africans and their descendants.
 
Enslaved.org, developed and maintained by MSU researchers, links data collections from multiple universities, archives, museums and family history centers. The
Mellon Foundation funded the initial two phases of Enslaved.org – the first beginning in 2018 and the second in 2020 – which provided support for both proof-of-concept and implementation.
 
The third phase of funding will run through March 2023 and will expand the reach of the project by refining infrastructure; driving sustainability; strengthening a commitment to the inclusion of underrepresented voices in humanities scholarship; and continuing partn ....

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A new tool hopes to uncover the lost ancestry of enslaved African Americans


A new tool hopes to uncover the lost ancestry of enslaved African Americans
Prior to 1870, records rarely noted names of enslaved and formerly-enslaved people this database is pooling resources to render a more complete picture.
Isaac Granger Jefferson of Petersburg, Virginia (c. 1845) was an enslaved tinsmith and blacksmith at Monticello for his family s enslaver, Thomas Jefferson. By 1822, Granger Jefferson, who lived from 1775 to about 1850, gained his freedom, according to his memoirs.Photograph by John Plumbe, Jr.,. Albert H. Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia / Alamy
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New Research Database Compiles Stories of Enslaved People to Repair Broken History


New Research Database Compiles Stories of Enslaved People to Repair Broken History
Tracee Wilkins
A screenshot from enslaved.org as seen on NBC Washington on Feb. 9, 2021.
The history of enslaved people is so hard to trace that it s left some African Americans without the details of who they are and where they come from. A newly released database is compiling the fragmented experiences and stories of enslaved people in hopes of repairing that broken history.
The story of Anthony Johnson in the 17th century and Ayuba Diallo in the 18th century is an unexpected one featured on the database at enslaved.org.   ....

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