Connecting Digital Histories of Fugitive Slaves

“连接逃亡奴隶的数字历史”将在华盛顿的史密森学会非裔美国人历史和文化国家博物馆、格拉斯哥种族平等和承认联盟正在开发的奴隶制和帝国虚拟博物馆、格拉斯哥大学、伯明翰的阿斯顿大学、吉尔德·莱曼奴隶制研究中心、该网络将利用新兴技术，开发创新方法，以连接和增强现有的数据集和数字化资源。这项工作将重点关注在英国，北美和加勒比地区寻求庇护的人的经历，同时也强调了奴隶制和抵抗的复杂遗产。该网络将举办三个相互关联的研讨会，其中包括黑客会议，历史学家，数字人文专家，博物馆专业人士和教育工作者将共同努力，创造新的联系和共享资源，挑战黑人历史档案的沉默。

'Connecting Digital Histories of Fugitive Slaves' will launch a collaboration in digital scholarship between the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC, the Virtual Museum of Slavery and Empire being developed by the Coalition for Racial Equality and Recognition in Glasgow, the University of Glasgow, Aston University in Birmingham, the Gilder Lehrman Centre for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition, and the Yale Centre for British Art. Drawing on new and emerging technologies, the network will develop innovative methods to link and enhance existing datasets and digitised sources. This work will focus attention on the experiences of people seeking refuge from slavery in the UK, North America and the Caribbean while also highlighting the complex legacies of slavery and resistance in the present. The network will host three interconnected workshops featuring hackathon sessions in which historians, digital humanities specialists, museum professionals and educators will work together to create new connections and shared resources that challenge archival silences around Black histories.