Tattered Pages Discovered in Storage Reveal an Enslaved Man's Daring Bid for Freedom—and His Second Life at Sea

Tattered Pages Discovered in Storage Reveal an Enslaved Man's Daring Bid for Freedom—and His Second Life at Sea

Historians are investigating the haunting handwritten manuscript, which chronicles Thomas White's escape from slavery in Maryland and adventures around the world nearly 200 years ago

Research at risk: Records of enslaved people seeking freedom (Cornell University) | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Cornell University: Research at risk: Records of enslaved people seeking freedom. “A research project collecting records of freedom-seeking enslaved people in the pre-Civil War U.S. came to a halt when researchers received a stop-work order from the National Endowment for the Humanities in early May. In many cases, they are the only written records of these people.”The post Research at risk: Records of enslaved people seeking freedom (Cornell Un…