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#Year400 Lecture Series: Andrés Reséndez
The University of Mississippi Slavery Research Group, the Center for Inclusion and Cross-Cultural Engagement, and several departments on campus, will host Professor Andrés Reséndez of the University of California, Davis for a talk on his recent Bancroft-prize winning book, The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America. Professor Reséndez’s talk, which will take place at 6PM […]
UMSRG Co-Hosts USS Fall 2018 Meeting with Tougaloo College
The University of Mississippi Slavery Research Group is delighted to be hosting the Universities Studying Slavery (USS) Fall 2018 Meeting with Tougaloo College on October 24-26, 2018. This event kicks off with an opening reception at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum on the evening of Wednesday, October 24 at 5PM that includes a keynote address by […]
#Year400 Lecture Series: Deirdre Cooper Owens
The University of Mississippi Slavery Research Group and the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies will host for a talk entitled “Medical Bondage and the Birth of American Gynecology,” where she will discuss how the institution of slavery aided early southern gynecological surgeons to advance the field based on their experimental work on […]
UMSRG Commemorates the 400th Anniversary of the Introduction of Slavery
The University of Mississippi Slavery Research Group has helped organize a series of speakers and events across campus during the 2018-2019 academic year to commemorate the August 1619 arrival to British North America of the first recorded persons of African descent. This date has been traditionally understood as the moment when African slavery was introduced […]
The “Behind the Big House” Program Returns
Preserve Marshall County & Holly Springs’s “Behind the Big House” Program returns for its seventh year, April 20 through 22nd, 2018, at the historic Hugh Craft House and adjacent slave quarters and kitchen in Holly Springs, Mississippi. This free event will offer visitors the complete antebellum story, with local and nationally-famous artisans, authors, historians and […]
Slave Dwellings: Rediscovering the Enslaved in North Mississippi
The University of Mississippi Slavery Research Group, in conjunction with Joseph McGill of The Slave Dwelling Project and Preserve Marshall County & Holly Springs’s “Behind the Big House” Program, have some wonderful events on deck for Wednesday, April 18th. At 12 PM in the Tupelo Room in Barnard Observatory, join Jobie Hill, historic preservationist and architect, for a talk on […]
UMSRG Members to Participate in 8th Annual MLK Day Commemoration
The University of Mississippi Law School will host its eighth annual MLK Day commemoration, which celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 from 12:30 to 1:45 P.M. in Weems Auditorium. This year’s panel will focus on slavery and its connections to the legacy of Dr. King. Panelists include two members of […]
Plaques Contextualizing Slavery and Enslaved Labor on Campus to be Unveiled
On March 2, 2018, the University of Mississippi will unveil contextualization plaques initially recommended by the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on History and Context (CACHC) for Barnard Observatory, Lamar Hall, Longstreet Hall, George Hall, and a plaque recognizing the university’s enslaved laborers in the construction of Barnard Observatory, the Old Chapel (now Croft), the Lyceum, and […]
UMSRG partners with Oxford Lafayette Heritage Foundation to Launch Map Project
Oxford Citizen Chaning Green | November 16, 2017 The Oxford Lafayette Heritage Foundation held their annual meeting Monday night at the Burns-Belfry Museum and Multi-Cultural Center where they unveiled a new interactive map system displaying the history of Lafayette County and its people. The maps are available online for free and show Lafayette County from […]
Slavery Research Group to Present Map Project
A partnership between the University of Mississippi Slavery Research Group and the Oxford-Lafayette County Heritage Foundation and has resulted in a new online resource that will make historic maps of Oxford and Lafayette County available to the public. An unveiling of the online maps will be presented at the heritage foundation’s annual meeting at 5:30 […]