Up next, university of texas at austin history professor Daina Ramey Berry discusses the buying and selling of slave cadavers to medical institutions , and africanamerican grave robbers who supplied the trade. She explores the concept of soul value which she describes as enslaved people developing their own sense of internal value. She is the author of the price for their pound of flesh the value of the enslaved from womb to grave in the building of a nation. The 50 minute event is part of a symposium on slavery cohosted by the university of virginia and the slave dwelling project. Daina good evening everyone. Honored tod and introduce our keynote speaker, professor Daina Ramey Berry. Professor berry is an associate professor of history and african and African Diaspora , and a fellow at the university of texas at austin. Swing the author of. Ircle she is also an awardwinning editor of enslaved women in andica, and encyclopedia, in slavery in savannah. In addition to her written an edit
Good evening everyone. I am pleased and honored to introduce our keynote speaker, professor daina ramey berry. Professor berry is an associate professor of history and african and African Diaspora studies, and a fellow at the university of texas at austin. She is the author of swing the sickle. She is also an awardwinning editor of enslaved women in america, and encyclopedia, and in slavery in savannah. In addition to her written an editorial work, she has appeared on radio and Television Shows including National Geographic explorer, the tavis smiley show, cspan, and npr. She is an advocate for public history and served as one of the technical advisors for the remake of roots, the miniseries produced by a e. Her scholarship has been supported by the National Endowment for the humanities, the American Association of university women, and the university women, and the college of philadelphia. Her book, the price for their pound of flesh the value of the enslaved from womb to grave in the
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