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Transatlantic Slave Map

Transatlantic Slave Map

February 25, 2014 00:25:43

Guests: Eltis, David

Host: Alegi, Peter
Limb, Peter

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Episode 080

Biographies and Databases of Atlantic Slaves, Part 2

David Eltis, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of History at Emory University, on the making of the Transatlantic Slave Trade database, a landmark collaborative digital project he has co-edited for two decades. Eltis discusses the research process, online dissemination, and new directions for the initiative. This is the second part of a two-part series recorded at the Atlantic Slave Biographies Database Conference at Michigan State University in November 2013.

00:00:00 - 00:01:32 Introduction
00:01:33 - 00:06:32 Studying the Slave Trade
00:06:32 - 00:11:55 Enhancements in the Slave Voyages Database
00:11:55 - 00:17:38 New Directions in Slavery Studies
00:17:38 - 00:20:35 Scholarly Collaboration in Slavery Studies
00:20:36 - 00:24:31 Future Models of Slave Studies
00:24:32 - 00:25:43 Outro