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Welcome to my African American Mapping Project!
Here you will find information on formerly enslaved African Americans who made radical and politicized journeys to the British Isles during the c19th to educate British audiences about slavery, racism, and lynching. They spoke in large cities and small fishing villages across the length and breadth of the British Isles, published thousands of copies of their slave narratives and spoke to millions of people. The maps of their speaking locations are designed to be visual monuments of their courageous and inspiring activism, and how Britons walk past sites rich in Black activism on a daily basis.
Subjects or Themes
African American, Modern History, European History, British History
Project Language(s)
English
Time Period
Geographic Location
Project Categories
Content Type
Mapping, Teaching Resources
Target Audience(s)
Creators
Dr. Hannah-Rose Murray, University of Edinburgh (with support from Dr. Mike Gardner, University of Nottingham, UK)
Year(s)
2014-ongoing
Host Institution / Affiliation / Project Location
University of Edinburgh
Software Employed
Labor and Support
The project has been created with limited but invaluable tech support, and is organised and run by Hannah-Rose Murray, who has collated all the data herself. It began as a visualisation tool and has grown to accompany many different elements, including mapping, walking tours, teaching resources, publications, and information on heritage plaques and plays (all managed by Murray). The project is ongoing.
Project Cost
Partnerships, funding sources, or grant-funding acknowledgement
University of Edinburgh, UK
Leverhulme Trust, UK
University of Nottingham, UK