24 episodes
Slavery and Its Legacies The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition
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The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition is pleased to present “Slavery and Its Legacies,” a podcast series featuring visiting scholars, activists and others about their contributions to the understanding of slavery past and present and its ongoing role in the development of the modern world.
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Ep. 70 – White Women and Slavery
A look at the true role white women played in slavery and the effects that are still being felt today. Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | Soundcloud
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Connor Williams on Voices from the Archive
Connor Williams joins Slavery and Its Legacies to discuss the creation of "Voices from the Archive," an online teaching resource based on documents gathered from the U. B. Phillips Papers in Sterling Memorial Library's Manuscripts and Archives collection.
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Erik Mathisen on American Diplomacy during the era of Reconstruction
Erik Mathisen joins Thomas Thurston on this episode of Slavery and Its Legacies to discuss American foreign relations during the Reconstruction era and how a generation of former Union soldiers saw slavery, free labor, capitalism, and emancipation around the world through the prism of their wartime experiences.
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Jonathan Schroeder on Mapping North American Slave Narratives
Jonathan Schroeder, a recent Postdoctoral Associate at Yale's Digital Humanities Lab, discusses his post-doctoral research project "Passages to Freedom: Mapping the North American Slave Narratives. "Passages to Freedom" examines the language and mobility of 294 African-American slave narratives.
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Brad Proctor on Political Violence during Reconstruction
Brad Proctor joins Thomas Thurston on this episode of Slavery and Its Legacies to discuss the Ku Klux Klan and Political Violence during Reconstruction.
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Nicholas Wood on the Pre-Garrisonian Abolitionist Movement
Nicholas Wood joins Thomas Thurston on this episode of Slavery and Its Legacies to discuss his book-in-progress, "Before Garrison: Antislavery & Politics in the New Nation."