Writing about Slavery?
P. Gabrielle Foreman, Paterno Family Professor of American Literature and Professor of African Studies and History @ Penn State, initiated a community-sourced guide to assist those writing about and teaching slavery.
Description of community-sourced guide:
"Senior slavery scholars of color community-sourced this short guide to share with and be used by editors, presses, museums, journalists and curricular projects as well as by teachers, writers, curators, archivists, librarians and public historians. Considering the legal, demographic and other particularities of institutions of slavery in various parts of the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and also considering how slavery changed over time, this guide is a set of suggestions that raises questions and sensitivities rather than serving as a checklist that enforces any set of orthodoxies."
Download Google Doc here:
Writing about Slavery? Teaching about Slavery?
Citation:
P. Gabrielle Foreman, et al. “Writing about Slavery/Teaching About Slavery: This Might Help” community-sourced document, accessed August 9, 2024, 4:20 pm, https://www.pgabrielleforeman.com/writing-about-slavery-guide.