Talk: Professor Nelson on the Slavery North Initiative

Professor Charmaine A. Nelson will present on the Slavery North Initiative on the Interdisciplinary and Public Initiatives Panel as part of the HFA Day programming on Thursday, April 11. The panel will begin at 4pm. For the full schedule, click here!

Slavery North Initiative

Charmaine Nelson, Department of History of Art and Architecture

Slavery North is a one-of-a-kind academic and cultural destination where scholars, artists, and cultural producers build community and produce research and cultural outcomes that transform our understanding of the neglected histories of Transatlantic Slavery in Canada and the US North. Since Transatlantic Slavery has become synonymous with tropical plantations, there is a profound academic neglect of temperate climate regions where the enslaved became the minority of the population. Concomitantly, there is a profound ignorance of the centuries-long roots of anti-black racism in these regions. Slavery North seeks to be a conduit through which to confront and heal these traumatic histories. It is an academic initiative with a social justice mission.