Founded in 1976 at the University of Maryland, the Freedmen and Southern Society Project (FSSP) has been widely credited with transforming the study of slavery and freedom in the nineteenth-century United States. The project’s publications tell the story of emancipation in the words of enslaved and formerly enslaved people and their contemporaries.
The FSSP editorial team and others invite all to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this groundbreaking project by joining them for a special symposium on November 14, 9:00 AM–4:00 PM at the University of Maryland, College Park’s Francis Scott Key Lecture Hall. Bringing together scholars, archivists, digital humanists, and community members, the symposium will highlight the scholarly and public impact of FSSP, the transformative potential of digital humanities for the study of slavery and freedom, and new directions in the field of emancipation studies. View the event program.
To register for the event, contact FSSP editor Will Horne.
