Thursday, July 9 - Sunday, July 12, 2026UMass Amherst LEARN MORE & REGISTER Marking the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, this conferenceassembles scholars and graduate students who will present papers that examine the cultures,events, and experiences of the American Revolutionary War across the liminal borders (regionaland proto-national) of British North … Continue reading Slavery North Conference | Rebellion, Resistance, and Refuge: Slavery and Border Crossing During the American Revolution 7/12/26
Slavery North Event | “Called to Care: Black Women in Epidemic Philadelphia” with Fellow Olivia Haynes on 3/12/26
Olivia Haynes, a PhD candidate in Afro-American Studies, will present her research on Black women's labor during the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia at a Fellow Talk on March 12, 2026. The event, hosted by Slavery North, is open to all and will take place both in-person and online via Zoom.
Call for Papers: Slavery North to host a conference on slavery and border crossing during the American Revolution
On the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Slavery North invites proposals for papers that and experiences of the Revolutionary War. This call encourages new scholarship that reexamine the Revolutionary War through the experiences of enslaved people in British North America.
Slavery North Job & Fellowship Opportunities 2025-26
Slavery North has announced two unique fellowship opportunities for the 2025-26 academic year and two exciting job opportunities.
Slavery North Event | Gender, Family, and Gradual Abolition in Upper Canada and Northern Slavery, 1760-1833 on 11/20/24
Join Slavery North for a talk by Chris Gismondi aiming to unpack the uniqueness of northern slavery and resistance in Loyalist Upper Canada by analyzing enslaved family life through a gendered and decolonial feminist perspective with comparative analysis of other slave-minority demographic spaces.