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.
Introduction
Studying the Slave Trade
Enhancements in the Slave Voyages Database
New Directions in Slavery Studies
Scholarly Collaboration in Slavery Studies
Future Models of Slave Studies
Outro