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Paul Lovejoy, Canada Research Chair in African Diaspora History at York University

Paul Lovejoy, Canada Research Chair in African Diaspora History at York University

January 20, 2014 00:30:03

Guests: Lovejoy, Paul

Host: Alegi, Peter
Limb, Peter

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Episode 079

Biographies and Databases of Atlantic Slaves, Part 1

Paul Lovejoy, Canada Research Chair in African Diaspora History at York University, discusses building an international database of biographical information on all enslaved Africans. He outlines this digital history project's contribution to the study of slavery, race, and broader themes in global history. This is the first part of a two-part series recorded at the Atlantic Slave Biographies Database Conference at Michigan State University in November 2013. (Click here for Jessica Johnson's Twitter timeline of the conference.)

00:00:00 - 00:01:29 Introduction
00:01:29 - 00:03:36 Journey to Studying Slavery in Africa
00:03:37 - 00:09:28 Journey to Studying Slavery in Africa
00:09:28 - 00:15:29 Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Slavery Studies
00:15:29 - 00:24:04 Websites and Disseminating Historical Knowledge
00:24:04 - 00:29:01 Globalizing Slavery Studies
00:29:01 - 00:30:03 Outro

Cite this Episode

Alegi, Peter, Peter Limb, and Paul Lovejoy. "Biographies and Databases of Atlantic Slaves, Part 1". Africa Past and Present, January 20, 2014. https://afripod.aodl.org/fullPodcast/episode=079/.