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Emma Johansen

Metadata as restorative justice: a case study of the Sanders-Bullitt digital collection—Part II

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This is the second of two posts about the Sanders-Bullitt Digital Collection at the Filson Historical Society. Part 1 was published on December 30, 2021.

The Bullitt family enslaved over two hundred people at the Oxmoor plantation in Jefferson County, Kentucky, and the Cottonwood plantation in Henderson County, Kentucky. Read More

Metadata as restorative justice: a case study of the Sanders-Bullitt digital collection—Part I

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Editor’s note: This is the first of two posts about the Sanders-Bullitt Digital Collection at the Filson Historical Society.

The core component of The Filson Historical Society’s latest digital collection featured a reworking of the Bullitt Family Papers to highlight the people they enslaved, including the Sanders, Green, and Taylor families, among others. Read More